Edward Fairfax was an English translator.
“Patience, a praise; forbearance is a treasure;
Sufferance, an angel is; a monster, rage.”
Book V, stanza 47
Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1600)
“In their speech is death, hell in their smile.”
Book XIX, stanza 84
Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1600)
“The rosy-fingered morn with gladsome ray
Rose to her task from old Tithonus' lap.”
Book XV, stanza 1
Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1600)
“Aurora bright her crystal gates unbarred,
And bridegroom-like forth stept the glorious sun.”
Book I, stanza 71
Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1600)
“Nature gives beauty; fortune, wealth in vain.”
Book XVI, stanza 65
Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1600)
“Better sit still, men say, than rise to fall.”
Book II, stanza 79
Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1600)
Book IV, stanza 34
Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1600)
“Remembrance is the life of grief; his grave,
Forgetfulness.”
Book XVIII, stanza 2
Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1600)
“The golden sun rose from the silver wave,
And with his beams enamelled every green.”
Book I, stanza 35
Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1600)
