书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第1456章 XVI

Backed by Astolpho, and ascending slow, The hippogryph through yielding aether flew;

And next the rider stirred the courser so, That in a thought he vanished out of view.

Thus with his pilot does the patron go, Fearing the gale and rock, till he is through The reefs; then, having left the shore behind, Hoists every sail, and shoots before the wind.