书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第1777章 XCIII

When he had closed the sheet, that amorous knight His eyelids closed as well, and rest ensued:

For Slumber came and steeped his wearied might In balmy moisture, from a branch imbued With Lethe's water; and he slept till -- white And red -- a rain of flowers the horizon strewed, Painting the joyous east with colours gay;

When from her golden dwelling broke the day: