书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第2640章 CVII

Of all those Aethiop monarchs, beyond measure, The first was this, for riches and for might;

But he with all his puissance, all his treasure, Alas! had miserably lost his sight.

And yet was this the monarch's least displeasure;

Vexed by a direr and a worse despite;

Harassed, though richest of those Nubian kings, By a perpetual hunger's cruel stings.