Canto

 1     5|     Vain, worthless words, or idle promise bred.~And I to you
 2     8|  blade,~Amid that crowd, hang idle at his side:~He passed the
 3     9|     replies, as indisposed~To idle speeches of his natural
 4    11| Leaving within the sheath his idle brand,~Anchor and cable
 5    14|    pitch, and turpentine!~Nor idle lie the fiery hoops in store,~
 6    14|         CXXXI~This while, not idle, those of ours had laid~
 7    17|  should have contended,~Stood idle; for to answer them was
 8    20|  perpetuate their empery,~The idle law would soon be held in
 9    20|        And be they sluggards, idle for the rest.~ ~  LII~" `
10    21|   vainly says; nor stand~They idle long; from word they pass
11    27| Laughed at the silly rabble's idle creed.~ ~ CVII~They, after,
12    31|        CIX~Let others nourish idle grief and fears!~Rinaldo
13    37|      Now let their hands hang idle by their side;~No less than
14    38|          Nubians are they, or idle Arabs -- who,~Knowing that
15    41|      wend;~Nor Bradamant with idle words again~To cheat, but
16    45|     To thee, though false and idle I give way;~And cannot choose
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