书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第3814章 IV

'Tis plain to sight, through instances that fill The page of ancient and of modern story, That ill succeeds to good, and good to ill;

That glory ends in shame, and shame in glory;

And that man should not trust, deluded still, In riches, realm, or field of battle, gory With hostile blood, nor yet despair, for spurns Of Fortune; since her wheel for ever turns.