1645 R. Stable Elegy on Quarles in F. Quarles sig. I4v A Poet-saint he was.
1892 F. W. L. Adams (ed. 2) 55 Echo not, however faint, Our great watch-word, our great war-shout, sweet and sickly poet-saint!
1991 G. A. Oddie i. 21 There were 84 readers who recited either the Vedas or the Prabandam (devotional poetry of the Alvars or poet saints).