All 6 Uses

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Faust -- Part 1 -- translated by Theil
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Such various minds the bard alone can sway,
My friend, oh work this miracle to-day!†
No, to some peaceful heavenly nook restore me,
Where only for the bard blooms pure delight,
Where love and friendship yield their choicest blessing,
Our heart's true bliss, with god-like hand caressing.†
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shall the bard his godlike power abuse?†
Man's mighty spirit, in the bard reveal'd!†
Who hesitates will never know it;
If bards ye are, as ye maintain,
Now let your inspiration show it.†
To-night, I see, I shall in naught succeed;
But I'm prepar'd my travels to pursue,
And hope, before my final step indeed,
To triumph over bards and devils too.†

Definitions:

(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) Shakespeare

Shakespeare is sometimes called the Bard of Avon or just the Bard.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)