书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第1891章 CXI

As peasant, when a river saps its mounds, And seeking vent the oozing waters drop, Hastening to shut the stream within its bounds, And save his pastures and expected crop, Dams right and left; yet him the stream confounds:

For, if he here the sinking ruin prop, There he beholds the rotten dyke give out, And from thick seams the restless water spout,