 twere a foolish thought (might well be said) To lose two living men, to save one dead;" And dropt the burden, weening his Medore Had done the same by it, upon his side: But that poor boy, who loved his master more, His shoulders to the weight, alone,...  The Orlando Furioso - Page 304by Lodovico Ariosto - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Frank Justus Miller, Oscar Kuhns - 1901 - 362 pages
...cast away the load we bear, and fly: For 'twere a foolish thought (might well be said) To lose two living men, to save one dead;" And dropt the burden,...applied; Cloridan hurrying with all haste before, v Deeming him close behind him or beside; Who, did he know his danger, him to save A thousand deaths,... | |
 | Oscar Kuhns - 1903 - 412 pages
...well be said) To lose two living men, to save one dead." And dropped the burden, weening his Medoro Had done the same by it, upon his side : But that...save A thousand deaths, instead of one, would brave. So far was Cloridan advanced before, He heard the boy no longer in the wind; But when he marked the... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - 1917 - 698 pages
...cast away the load we bear, and fly; For 'twere a foolish thought (might well be said) To lose two living men, to save one dead;" And dropt the burden,...master more, His shoulders to the weight alone applied: Cloridane hurrying with all haste before, Deeming him close behind him or beside; Who, did he know... | |
 | Frank Justus Miller - 1901 - 362 pages
...cast away the load we bear, and fly: For 'twere a foolish thought (might well be said) To lose two living men, to save one dead;" And dropt the burden,...save A thousand deaths, instead of one, would brave. So far was Cloridan advanced before, He heard the boy no longer in the wind; But when he marked the... | |
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