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Webster 1913 Edition
Poet
Po′et
,Noun.
One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer.
The
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven.
poet’s
eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven.
Shakespeare
A
poet
is a maker, as the word signifies. Dryden.
Poet laureate
. See under
Laureate
.Webster 1828 Edition
Poet
PO'ET
,Noun.
1.
The author of a poem; the inventor or maker of a metrical composition. A poet is a maker, as the word signifies; and he who cannot make, that is, invent,hath his name for nothing.
2.
One skilled in making poetry, or who has a particular genius for metrical composition; one distinguished for poetic talents. Many write verses who cannot be called poets.