Orlando Furioso |
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Author:
| Ariosto, Ludovico |
ISBN: | 978-0-217-02649-9 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
Publisher: | General Books LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $19.84 |
Book Description:
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: rs i iccefs, I What to his arm the foe may open leave, 175 Which ftroke may reach, and which his aime- l ceive; When Fortune's offers to accept of fhurt, And all war's arts he points him one by one. The lifts prepar'd; ere fince the lots were call On either fide the remnant day was paft, ISO As cuflom...
More DescriptionPurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: rs i iccefs, I What to his arm the foe may open leave, 175 Which ftroke may reach, and which his aime- l ceive; When Fortune's offers to accept of fhurt, And all war's arts he points him one by one. The lifts prepar'd; ere fince the lots were call On either fide the remnant day was paft, ISO As cuflom wills, in many a kind addrefs (As each inclines) for either knight's fuccefs, And all the figns of love that parting friends ex- prefs. The people, eager to behold the fight, Throng every paffage with the dawning light; 185 While fome impatient for the day's return, Wait in the lift all night th' approach of morn. The vulgar herd, ftill caught with outward fhows, Defire the noble knights in arms to clofe; Thefe judge not of events: but all whofe mind 190 Can from the prefent fee what lurks behind, Midft whom Marfilius and Sobrino know What moft can work their country's weal or Condemn the fight, while Agramant they blame Through whom the quarrel to fuch iflue earned 195 Nor ceas'd they to the monarch's thought to call Wljat ruin muf t the Moorifh race befall, Whether, by angry deftiny decreed, Rogero or the Tartar prince fhould bleed: Since one fuch warrior loft muf t weaken more 200 Their force to meet the fon of Pepin's power, Than thoufands flain, amidft whofe numerous band Not one perhaps could boaft of heart or hand. King Agramant the important truth confefs'd: ] But how repeal his grant ? In vain he prefs'd 205 The noble knights, and each by turns addrefs'd. j He urg'd how weak their prefent caufe of ftrife, How little fuch deferv'd the rifk of life: But if they fcorn'd to hear the found of peace, At leaft fome months might each from quarrel ceafe, Till Charles was exil'd from th' imperial land, 211 His crown and mantle won; and from his hand...