书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第3476章 LXXIV

Of serpentine and of hard porphyry are The stones which form the gateway's arch above.

Of bronze the portal leaves, which figures bear, Whose lively features seem to breathe and move.

Beneath the vaulted entry, colours rare Cheating the eye, in mixt mosaic strove, The quadrangle within was galleried, And of a hundred yards, on every side.