a1750 A. Hill (1753) 286 Bid the priest Poet consecrate the rage Of a wrong'd nation's curses.
1895 Aug. 440 The priest-poet, appointed eulogizer of the deity he serves, is the first poet.
1995 23 June 20/3 The forging of Centuries and the youthful priest-poet's other writings remains miraculous even to the most knowing expert on the brilliance of 17th-century religious literature.