书城公版Orlando Furioso
19612600000059

第59章 LIX

What gives to them superiority O'er every other sort of gem, confessed, Is, man in these his very soul may see;

His vices and his virtues see expressed.

Hence shall he after heed no flattery, Nor yet by wrongful censure be depressed.

His form he in the lucid mirror eyes, And by the knowledge of himself grows wise.