Bard of Avon, Shakespeare, born and buried at Stratford-upon-Avon (1564-1616).
Bard of Ayrshire, Robert Burns, a native of Ayrshire (1759-1796).
Bard of Hope, Thomas Campbell, author of The Pleasures of Hope (1777-1844).
Bard of the Imagination, Mark Akenside, author of The Pleasures of the Imagination (1721-1770).
Bard of Memory, S. Rogers, author of The Pleasures of Memory (1762-1855).
Bard of Olney, W. Cowper [Coo'-per], who lived for many years at Olney, in Bucks (1731-1800).
Bard of Prose, Boccaccio.
He of the hundred tales of love.
Byron,
Childe Harold