| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
| | | Poets (Greek, poieo, to make). | | |
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Skalds of Scandinavia (etym., scalla, to sing, Swedish, etc.) | 1 |
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Minnesingers of the Holy Empire (Germany), love-singers. | 2 |
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Troubadours of Provenee in France (troubar, to invent, in the Provencal dialect). | 3 |
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Trouvères of Normandy (trouver, to invent, in the Walloon dialect). | 4 |
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Bards of Wales (bardgan, a song, Celtic). | 5 |
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Poet of Haslemere (The). Alfred Tennyson (Lord Tennyson), poet laureate (1809–1893). (See BARD.) | 6 |
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Poet of the poor. Rev. George Crabbe (1754–1832). | 7 |
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Prince of poets. Edmund Spenser is so called on his monument in Westminster Abbey. (1553–1598.) | 8 |
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Prince of Spanish poets. Garcila’so de la Vega, frequently so called by Cervantes. (1503–1536.) | 9 |
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Quaker poet (The). Bernard Barton (1784–1849). | 10 |
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