The Bard (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 harp music, it was itself a potent influence on future generations of poets and painters, seen by many as the first creative work of the Celtic Revival and as lying at the root of the Romantic movement in Britain. As the victorious army of Edward I marches along the slopes of the Snowdonian mountains near to the river Conwy
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