书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第3644章 CXXXVIII

"Form, site, and sumptuous work doth he behold, And royal ornament and fair device;

And oft repeats, not all this wide world's gold To buy the egregious mansion wound suffice.

To him in answer said that negress old:

'And yet this dome, like others, hath its prize;

If not in gold and silver, price less high Than gold and silver will the palace buy':