"The only complete translation is that of Fairfax, which is in stanzas that cannot be read with pleasure by the generality of those who have a taste for English poetry; of which no other proof is necessary than that it appears scarcely to have been read at all: it is not only unpleasant, but irksome, in such a degree, as to surmount curiosity; and more than counterbalance all the beauty of expression and sentiment, which is to be found in that work. I do not flatter myself that I have excelled Fairfax, except in my measure and verisification."
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John Hoole, Jerusalem Delivered; an Heroic Poem: Translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, Vol. I (1783), Preface, pp.xv–xvi
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Edward Fairfax
Edward Fairfax (1580? – 27 January 1635) was an English translator.
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