The Bard (poem) of the Celtic Twilight. One measure of the poem's place in the culture of the English-speaking world lies in the academic James MacKillop's claim that "The current standard English definition of this Celtic word ["bard"], denoting a poet of exalted status, i.e. the voice of a nation or people, dates from Thomas Gray's use of it in his poem". The Bard (poem) 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
The Immortal Bard The Immortal Bard "The Immortal Bard" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the May 1954 issue of "Universe Science Fiction", and has since been republished in several collections and anthologies, including "Earth Is Room Enough" (1957) and "The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov" (1986). (In "Earth Is Room Enough" (Panther Books Ltd. reprint 1973 edition) the title of the story is "An Immortal Bard" in the Contents list but "The Immortal Bard" on the destination page. There is a similar, but reversed variation in title with The Author's Ordeal.) Like many