Canto

 1     2|     like flame, and seemed not dight~Of marble or of brick; and
 2     6|     way deserts, the way which dight~Across the plain, conducted
 3     6|     with such graceful fashion dight,~That he who closely viewed
 4     7|    with bridle and with saddle dight~A horse more black than
 5     8|       as he had in arms, would dight;~And, save that he was now
 6     8|      at the ancient's side was dight,~Where he a cruise of virtuous
 7    10|    every sort of comfit nicely dight;~Fast by, and sporting with
 8    10|  seized the pouch, wherein was dight~The buckler, and the covering
 9    12|      was furnished by a window dight,~Within a natural fissure
10    13|       twelve months) a tourney dight;~Hence, led by spreading
11    13|       with arm'd men in ambush dight,~Under Sir Odoric of Biscay'
12    15|      which stern to shore were dight.~Secure from danger from
13    15|      cloth of gold and scarlet dight.~He scarce contained himself
14    15|    sturdy castle on the margin dight;~Harboured in which the
15    17|  wealthy, populous, and fairly dight,~'Tis said, Damascus is;
16    17|     which Sir Gryphon had been dight,~And stand before the monarch,
17    17|      left hand a castle richly dight~Stood nigh the gate, to
18    17|      in simple cassock, meanly dight;~And, as to slaughter he
19    18|      gates, with squadron duly dight,~And at his hest the portals
20    18|         their limbs in harness dight,~Though they for other end
21    21|     vermeil tint, transversely dight,~Did humbly now to good
22    23|        Alban sent; and had him dight,~And nourished, at large
23    23|    serjeants' captain, who had dight~Himself with the good harness,
24    23|       their cyphered names are dight;~Whose many letters are
25    24|      the cavern, in a mountain dight.~Nor Isabella yet her tale
26    26|      magician's godlike labour dight;~Save voice was wanting,
27    26|  Vivian and Malagigi (who were dight~In arms, as guard and surety
28    27|  Afield already, in his livery dight,~Agramant's herald made
29    28|   others in the hostel-kitchen dight~The meal against their lords'
30    29|      fire with wood of cypress dight,~And squeezed, when taken
31    29|     arch across the stream was dight;~But not that pile and tower
32    30|        party, and for pleasure dight:~Which, for their solace,
33    31|        his band already had he dight,~(Did him the hand of Heaven
34    32|    supper, which had long been dight,~Nor yet was touched, enjoys
35    35|      promptly mail and corslet dight,~And wait him, who with
36    36|        fair monument of marble dight;~And I to Charon with loud
37    37|      day she seeks the temple, dight~With precious jewels and
38    38|    host in different squadrons dight.~Rich in barbarick pomp,
39    38|       men at arms in squadrons dight;~Who in such order led his
40    39|       herbs, for that occasion dight,~They stop his mouth, wherewith
41    42| skilful master underground had dight.~ ~  LXXVII~Tall columns,
42    43|      bower, within, were ready dight;~But -- would he take his
43    43|        him, in foreign vesture dight,~Along the shore, a damsel
44    43|    earth with scales of dragon dight,~-- Subject to us at other
45    43|       pearls in costly circles dight.~Thereon, of lordly work
46    44|       horse and foot in battle dight,~Who nothing under twenty
47    46|       pair the nuptial chamber dight;~Whereon long time before
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