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
Bard-lès-Époisses the D4M south-west of Jeux-lès-Bard. Apart from some forest in the north the commune is almost entirely farmland. The "Ru d'Acier" stream flows through the east of the commune from south-west to north-east and continues to join the "Ruisseau de la Prée" north-east of Jeux-lès-Bard. For many centuries the commune was called "Bar". Bar was an annex of Torcy with its patron Saint Matthew. Attached to the diocese of Langres, the parish had 3 parts: Bar, Jeux (formerly "Jox" and "Jovum"), and a portion of Corrombles called the Rue de Bar. The parish had 300 communicants. The Lord was the