书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第3316章 XV

A fierce assault and cruel coil doth keep Upon all sides that wintry tempest fell.

Now to their sight so high the billows leap, It seems that these to heaven above would swell;

Now, plunging with the wave, they sink so deep, That they appear to spy the gulfs of hell.

Small hope there is or none: with faultering breath They gaze upon inevitable death.