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For other uses, see Bard (disambiguation). Title-page of The Bard illustrated by William Blake, c. 1798 The Bard. A Pindaric Ode (1757) is a poem by Thomas Gray, set at the time of Edward I's conquest of Wales. Inspired partly by his researches into medieval history and literature, partly by his discovery of Welsh harp music, it was itself a potent influence on future generations of poets and ...
The bard is a standard playable character class in many editions of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. [1] The bard class is versatile, capable of combat and of magic (divine magic in earlier editions, arcane magic in later editions). Bards use their artistic talents to induce magical effects. [2]
The Bard (1778) by Benjamin West. In Celtic cultures, a bard is an oral repository and professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.
Many members of the Order prefer to learn at home, solitary, [27] as opposed to recorded Druids of early pre-Christian Britain that would have congregated to share wisdom or meet for occasion. [28] Members are sent course information and materials, and may be assigned a tutor if they wish to have someone to communicate with.
Bard (chatbot), the former name for Gemini, developed by Google; Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development, Comilla, Bangladesh; BARD Offshore 1, a wind farm by BARD Engineering Gmbh; Barding or bard, armour for horses; The Bard (American horse), a racehorse; The Bard (British horse), a racehorse; The Bard, an 1817 landscape painting by John Martin
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (/ d ə ˈ v ɪər /; 12 April 1550 – 24 June 1604), was an English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era.Oxford was heir to the second oldest earldom in the kingdom, a court favourite for a time, a sought-after patron of the arts, and noted by his contemporaries as a lyric poet and court playwright, but his volatile temperament precluded him from ...
Jean-François Le Sueur. Ossian, ou Les bardes (English: Ossian, or The Bards) is an opera in five acts by the French composer Jean-François Le Sueur.The libretto, by Alphonse François "Paul" Palat-Dercy and Jacques-Marie Deschamps, is based on the Ossian poems of James Macpherson (specifically the poem "Calthon and Colmal"), which had been translated into French by Pierre-Prime-Félicien Le ...
"Beer, Beer, Beer", also titled "An Ode to Charlie Mops - The Man Who Invented Beer" [1] and "Charlie Mops", is a folk song originating in the British Isles.The song is often performed as a drinking song and is intended as a tribute to the mythical inventor of beer, Charlie Mops.