Bard

Bard

In medieval Gaelic and British culture a bard was a professional poet, employed by a patron, such as a monarch or nobleman, to commemorate the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.

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Famous quotes containing the word bard:

    “Well! If the Bard was weather-wise, who made
    The grand old ballad of Sir Patrick Spence,”
    —Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)

    “A bard whom there were none to praise,
    And very few to read.”
    —Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849)

    “There is one story and one story only
    That will prove worth your telling,
    Whether as learned bard or gifted child;”
    —Robert Graves (1895–1985)