书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第2716章 LIV

An elder, in the shining entrance-hall Of that glad house, towards Astolpho prest;

Crimson his waistcoat was, and white his pall;

Vermillion seemed the mantle, milk the vest:

White was that ancient's hair, and white withal The bushy beard descending to his breast;

And from his reverend face such glory beamed, Of the elect of Paradise he seemed.