书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第2504章 LXXXII

With modest and with mirthful talk this while, Seated about the fire, they feed the ear;

And in this way the weary time beguile Till they are heartened with more solid cheer.

If new or ancient were his castle's style, (Bradamant asks the courteous cavalier)

By whom begun, and how it took its rise?

And thus that castellain to her replies.