书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第3129章 LXXXIX

Now with the axe's blade, now with its heel Their strokes they at the head or foot address;

And these so skilfully and nimbly deal, As needs must shock all credence to express.

The Child, that at her brother aims the steel, Who doth his miserable soul possess, Evermore with such caution strikes his blow, That he is deemed less vigorous than his foe.