书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第1574章 CXXXV

He many others, with as little let As fennel, wall-wort-stem, or dill, up-tore;

And ilex, knotted oak, and fir upset, And beech, and mountain-ash, and elm-tree hoar.

He did what fowler, ere he spreads his net, Does, to prepare the champaigne for his lore, By stubble, rush, and nettle-stalk; and broke, Like these, old sturdy trees and stems of oak.