The Orlando Furioso, Volume 2J. Murray, 1824 |
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Æneid Alcina Alichino amid Angelica appear Ariosto arms Astolpho band bear beauteous beauty behold beneath beside Bireno bore bosom Bradamant breast CANTO casque CATULLUS cavalier count courser cried cruel dame damsel deemed descends descried Duke enchanted eyes fair fear Ferrâu fierce foul Friesland grief hand haply hear heart hence hight hope horse isle Italian king knight lady lance land Latian light lines Logistilla lord lore lover magic maid Melissa monster nigh o'er Oberto Olympia ORLANDO FURIOSO Ovid page of honour pain palace paladin passing peer prey Proteus pursue Rinaldo ring Rogero Roland round Sacripant Save seek seemed shore sight slain sore sought sped speed spied squadron Stanza steed sunny height sword tears thee thence thither thou thought toil turn twas twixt vext warrior ween wends Whence wight wind wont Xenocrates XXIII youth
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Page 83 - Nox erat et placidum carpebant fessa soporem corpora per terras, silvaeque et saeva quierant aequora, cum medio volvuntur sidera lapsu, cum tacet omnis ager, pecudes pictaeque volucres, quaeque lacus late liquidos quaeque aspera dumis rura tenent, somno positae sub nocte silenti.
Page 7 - Envy finds no blemish to amend. As if between two vales, which softly curl. The mouth with vermeil tint is seen to glow: Within are strung two rows of orient pearl. Which her delicious lips shut up or show. Of force to melt the heart of any churl, However rude, hence courteous accents flow; And here that gentle smile receives its birth, Which opes at will a paradise on earth.
Page 81 - Turno regi aut regi apparere Latino. talia per Latium. quae Laomedontius heros cuncta videns magno curarum fluctuat aestu, atque animum nunc hue celerem, nunc dividit illuc, in partesque rapit varias, perque omnia versat...
Page 81 - The glitt'ring species here and there divide, And cast their dubious beams from side to side; Now on the walls, now on the pavement play, And to the ceiling flash the glaring day.
Page 187 - Xow that she this upon her hand surveys, She is so full of pleasure and surprise, She doubts it is a dream and, in amaze, Hardly believes her very hand and eyes. Then softly to her mouth the hoop conveys, And, quicker than the flash which cleaves the skies, From bold Rogero's sight her beauty shrouds, As disappears the sun concealed in clouds."* The ring of Gyges is taken notice of both by Plato and tully.
Page 82 - I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away...
Page 7 - ... tender cheek the mingled dye Is scattered, of the lily and the rose. Like ivory smooth, the forehead gay and round Fills up the space, and forms a fitting bound. Two black and slender arches rise above Two clear black eyes, say suns of radiant light; Which ever softly beam and slowly move ; Round these appears to sport in frolic flight, Hence scattering all his shafts, the little Love, And seems to plunder hearts in open sight. Thence, through mid visage, does the nose descend, Where Envy finds...
Page 6 - Not so much does the palace, fair to see, In riches other princely domes excel, As that the gentlest, fairest company Which the whole world contains, within it dwell : Of either sex, with small variety Between, in youth and beauty matched as well : The fay alone exceeds the rest as far As the bright sun outshines each lesser star. Her shape is of such perfect symmetry, As best to feign the industrious painter knows, With long and knotted tresses ; to the eye Not yellow gold with brighter luster glows....
Page 193 - The trade of arms becomes a worthless art: And at such ebb are worth and chivalry That the base often plays the better part.
Page 45 - How many enchanters are there, though unknown! Who for their love make man or woman glow, Changing them into figures not their own. Nor this by help of spirits from below, Nor observation of the stars is done: But these on hearts with fraud and falsehood plot, Binding them with indissoluble knot. Who with Angelica's, or rather who Were fortified with Reason's ring, would see Each countenance, exposed to open view, Unchanged by art, or by hypocrisy.