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letra de "alcina's island" - jessica law & marion leeper

[spoken: narrator]
a green island, like an emerald burning in the ocean. on the shore, a woman fishing. the net was made from strands of her own shining hair; and fish jumped in of their own accord

ruggiero flew over a land of meadows, orange groves, and shady forests where the nightingale shelters. as soon as he was close enough, he leapt to the ground: he dragged his steed to earth, and tethered her to a nearby myrtle bush, while he stopped to drink from a pool of clear water. travelling a thousand miles in full armour gives you a thirst

but then the myrtle bush cleared its throat. “excuse me: please untie your strange beast. once i was a knight, until i was changed into this bush by the enchantress alcina: i don’t deserve to become a tethering post as well.” the myrtle bush urged the astonished ruggiero not to fall into the enchantress’ snares. ruggiero promised to resist temptation: but as he walked along the shore, there was alcina, smiling, holding out her hand. “come, ruggiero: let me show you my island. and join me for dinner – look, fish pie.”

how could ruggiero withstand enchantment like this? he settled into a life of luxury on the island. so much fish pie that he almost couldn’t fit into his armour anymore. but one day, as he lay back idly watching the clouds, a turtle dove, flying overhead, dropped something at his feet: bradamante’s magic ring

the sight of it was enough to wake him from the spell: with the image of his true love in his head, he saw alcina with different eyes; gaps in her t–th; a bald patch on her head, and those br–sts like firm ripe apples seemed to him now like wrinkled rotten fruit. he rushed from her perfumed pavilion, gasping for breath, while alcina, heart-broken, tried to decide whether to turn him to a pine tree, a pebble or a polecat. but it was too late, ruggiero was gone

- jessica law marion leeper

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