书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第1223章 XCVII

The duke arrives, seeking the friendly band, Whom he had hoped to find upon the quay;

He turns and gazes round the desert strand, And none is there -- directs along the bay His eyes, and now, far distant from the land, Beholds the parting frigate under way.

So that the paladin, for his escape-- The vessel gone -- must other project shape.