E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Poetry on the Greek Model.
(See CHIABRERESCO.)
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Father of English poetry. Geoffrey Chaucer (1328–1400); so called by Dryden. Spenser calls him “the pure well of English undefiled.” He was not the first English poet, but was so superior to his predecessors that he laid the foundation of a new era. He is sometimes termed “the day-starre,” and Spenser the “sun-rise” of English poetry.
