书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第361章 LXXI

"And above every other noble praise, Which shall distinguished her alive or dead, Is that by her shall be, through kingly ways, Her Hercules and other children led;

Who thus the seeds of worth in early days, To bloom in council and in camp, will shed.

For long wine's savour lingers in the wood Of the new vessel, whether bad or good.