All 6 Uses
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- Each philosopher, each bard, each actor has only done for me, as by a delegate, what one day I can do for myself.†
Chpt 1. *
- A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages.†
Chpt 3.
- These are new poetry of the first Bard[282]—poetry without stop—hymn, ode and epic,[283] poetry still flowing, Apollo[284] and the Muses[285] chanting still.†
Chpt 4.
- Did the bard speak with authority?†
Chpt 9.
- And the true bards have been noted for their firm and cheerful temper.†
Chpt 9.
- And now, how stands the account of man with this bard and benefactor, when in solitude, shutting our ears to the reverberations of his fame, we seek to strike the balance?†
Chpt 9.
Definitions:
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(1)
(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) ShakespeareShakespeare is sometimes called the Bard of Avon or just the Bard.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)