Father of Dutch Poetry, Jakob Maerlant; also called “The Father of Flemish Poetry” (1235-1300).
Father of English Poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400).
Father of Epic Poetry, Homer.
He compares Richardson to Homer, and predicts for his memory the same honors which are rendered to the Father of Epic Poetry.—Sir W. Scott.
Poetry—Prose. Pope advised Wycherly “to convert his poetry into prose.”
Poganuc, small Puritan town in New England as it was 100 years ago.—Harriet Beecher Stowe, Poganuc People (1876).
Po´gram (Elijah), one of the “master minds” of America, and a member of Congress. He was possessed with the idea that there was a settled opposition in the British mind against the institutions of his “free and enlightened country.”—C. Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit (1844).
Poinder (George), a city officer.—Sir W. Scott, Heart of Midlothian (time, George II.).
Poins, a companion of Sir John Falstaff.—Shakespeare, 1 and 2 Henry IV. (1597, 1598).
The chronicles of that day contain accounts of many a mad prank which [Lord Warwick, Addison’s step-son] played ... [like] the lawless freaks of the madcap prince and Poins.—Thackeray.