书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第2155章 X

And by degrees so thought to mould the dame To his desires. She in that lone retreat And savage, open to his evil aim, And like a mouse, beneath Grimalkin's feet, Had liefer found herself i' the midst of flame;

And ever on one thought her fancy beat:

If any mode, if any way, remained To scape that wilful man, untouched, unstained.