All 30 Uses of
bard
in
Dante's Inferno -- translated by Cary
- A bard Was I, and made Anchises' upright son The subject of my song, who came from Troy, When the flames prey'd on Ilium's haughty towers.†
Canto 1.1-11
- I to him in few: "Bard! by that God, whom thou didst not adore, I do beseech thee (that this ill and worse I may escape) to lead me, where thou saidst, That I Saint Peter's gate may view, and those Who as thou tell'st, are in such dismal plight."†
Canto 1.1-11
- I thus began: "Bard! thou who art my guide, Consider well, if virtue be in me Sufficient, ere to this high enterprise Thou trust me.†
Canto 1.1-11
- "Now let us to the blind world there beneath Descend;" the bard began all pale of look: "I go the first, and thou shalt follow next."†
Canto 1.1-11
- Meantime a voice I heard: "Honour the bard Sublime! his shade returns that left us late!"†
Canto 1.1-11
- This is that Homer, of all bards supreme:†
Canto 1.1-11 *
- When I had heard my sage instructor name Those dames and knights of antique days, o'erpower'd By pity, well-nigh in amaze my mind Was lost; and I began: "Bard! willingly I would address those two together coming, Which seem so light before the wind."†
Canto 1.1-11
- Such were their words; At hearing which downward I bent my looks, And held them there so long, that the bard cried: "What art thou pond'ring?"†
Canto 1.1-11
- This said, in silence he remain'd Their breast they each one clawing tore; themselves Smote with their palms, and such shrill clamour rais'd, That to the bard I clung, suspicion-bound.†
Canto 1.1-11
- But I my steps towards the ancient bard Reverting, ruminated on the words Betokening me such ill.†
Canto 1.1-11
- To the bard rever'd I turned me round, and thus he spake; "Let him Be to thee now first leader, me but next To him in rank."†
Canto 1.12-22
- First somewhat pausing, till the mournful words Were ended, then to me the bard began: "Lose not the time; but speak and of him ask, If more thou wish to learn."†
Canto 1.12-22
- The bard to left Held on his way, and I behind him mov'd.†
Canto 1.12-22
- More rueful was it not methinks to see The nation in Aegina droop, what time Each living thing, e'en to the little worm, All fell, so full of malice was the air (And afterward, as bards of yore have told, The ancient people were restor'd anew From seed of emmets) than was here to see The spirits, that languish'd through the murky vale Up-pil'd on many a stack.†
Canto 1.23-22
- Then to the bard I spake: "Was ever race Light as Sienna's?†
Canto 1.23-22
- Honour the bard Sublime.†
Canto 1.N
- Herein, O bard of Florence, didst thou err Laying it down that fortune's largesses Are fated to their goal.†
Canto 1.N
- This is the horn which Orlando won from the giant Jatmund, and which as Turpin and the Islandic bards report, was endued with magical power, and might be heard at the distance of twenty miles.†
Canto 1.N
- "Many," exclaim'd the bard, "are these, who throng†
Canto 1.N
- I passed athwart the bard, and drew me near,†
Canto 1.N
- For some to question," said the bard, "I fear†
Canto 1.N
- So them the bard besought; and such the words,†
Canto 1.N
- To whom the bard:†
Canto 1.N
- We have the bard†
Canto 1.N
- With associate step the bards†
Canto 1.N
- Whence I, with either bard, close to the side†
Canto 1.N
- Turning to the bards,†
Canto 1.N
- Aquinum's bard.]†
Canto 1.N
- Caesar or bard (more shame for human wills†
Canto 1.N
- Unequal to my theme, as never bard†
Canto 1.N
Definition:
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(bard as in: written by the bard) someone who composes and recites or sings poems about important events and people; or (as a proper noun) Shakespeareeditor's notes: Shakespeare is sometimes called the Bard of Avon or just the Bard.