Canto

 1     6|         Twas talked of in the island, far and wide:~Far other
 2     6|       and wide,~Began upon an island to descend;~Like that fair
 3     6|      the hyppogryph above the island hung,~And had approached
 4     6|   long~-- I said it seemed an island -- as her seat)~Pass with
 5     7|       have no doubt if to yon island I~This, where thine every
 6     8|  close aboard, to explore~The island's lonely bank, a gallery
 7     9|        in the briny flood,~An island, amid many others, lies;~
 8     9|   will all speed to that fell island he~Resolved to navigate;
 9     9|      lady hight,~To whom that island's crown belonged of right.~ ~
10     9|     wind, which for the cruel island blows.~ ~ XCII~Such was
11    11|      So burns to seek Ebuda's island fell,~Whose foul inhabitants
12    11|      And singly for the rocky island made.~ ~ XXXII~Home to his
13    11|    pulls either oar,~With the island at his back, to which he
14    11|      XLI~So swimming till the island is attained,~With this towards
15    11|     From a new quarter of the island rise.~ ~ LII~While so the
16    11|     born~That very day to the island of Ebude.~She Roland recollects
17    11|     destiny~Her to that cruel island had conveyed~From where
18    11|     of vest~Beyond the savage island's narrow bound,~Since thither
19    14|     waters, as they stray,~An island form, and so secure the
20    15|   outright,~And continent and island, far and near,~Yet, never,
21    16|       the Moor,~Nor deem your island strong, the waves among.~
22    18| favouring gale.~ ~ CXXXVI~The island of the amorous deity~Breathed
23    18|      the right,~Makes Paphos' island next, and, anchoring,~The
24    32| descry,~As little known, that island so they style),~Wooed and
25    33|     having shown her Ischia's island, "Ere~I lead you further
26    33|    heard~When rugged Ischia's island I displayed,~Of whom sage
27    41|        Their vessel made that island on the right;~The field
28    42|   appeared,~As if she to that island would repair.~I will not
29    43|     mansions would outdo~That island which Tiberius held so dear;~
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