bard

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1. bard - Noun

2. bard - Verb

3. Bard - Proper noun

Meaning

A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.

Alt. of Barde

To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.

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Be that blind bard who on the Chian strand, By those deep sounds possessed with inward light, Beheld the Iliad and the Odyssey Rise to the swelling of the voiceful sea. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Celtic civilization was tribal, but by no means savage or uncultivated. People who regarded the theft of a harp from a bard as a crime second only to an attack on the tribal chieftain cannot be regarded as wanting in cultivated feeling. Robertson Davies

Poetry is the work of the bard and of the people who inspire him. José Martí

I can't make sense out of that girl," he said to the bard. "Can you?" "Never mind," Fflewddur said. "We aren't really expected to. Lloyd Alexander

Hear the voice of the Bard Who present, past, and future sees Whose ears have heard The Holy Word That walked among the ancient trees. William Blake

There is one story and one story only That will prove worth your telling, Whether as learned bard or gifted child; To it all lines or lesser guards belong That startle with their shining Such common stories as they stray into. Robert Graves

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