书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第2752章 XC

"As long as one fleece lasts, life in such wise Endureth, nor outlasts it by a thought.

For Death and Nature have their watchful eyes On the hour when each should to his end be brought.

The choicest threads are culled for Paradise, And, after, for its ornaments are wrought;

And fashioned from the strands of foulest show Are galling fetters for the damned below."