书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第2562章 XXIX

"And if illustrious Crete rejoiced of old In giving birth to Coelus' godlike heir;

If Thebes in Hercules and Bacchus bold, If Delos boasted of her heavenly pair, Nought should as well this happy isle withhold From lifting high her glorious head in air, When that great Marquis shall in her be born, Whom with its every grace shall Heaven adorn.