书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第2543章 X

"To him sage Merlin shows, that well nigh all Those other monarchs that in France will reign, By murderous steel will see their people fall, Consumed by famine, or by fever slain;

And that short joy, long sorrow, profit small, And boundless ill shall recompense their pain;

Since vainly will the lily seek to shoot In the Italian fields its withered root.