water-poet

Many people say this and that about a queen and a king, but I think a king comes more natural to us English folks; and this good gentleman goes as often down by water to Greenwich, and employs as many of the barge-men and water-men of all kinds; and maintains, in his royal grace, John Taylor, the water-poet, who keeps both a sculler and a pair of oars.

The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

The doggerel of Taylor, the water-poet (not a bad prose writer), received both patronage and attention, which seem to have annoyed his betters, and he has been resuscitated even in our own times.

A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889

The odd titles adopted for his poems by Taylor, the water-poet, enliven several pages, and make one's mouth water for the books themselves.

The Enemies of Books 1888

In the case of Taylor the water-poet, the nearest approach to anything of the sort is the MS. note of the recipient of a copy of his Works, 1630.

The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time William Carew Hazlitt 1873

That they had no springs, is clear enough from the statement of Taylor, the water-poet -- who deplored the introduction of carriages as a national calamity -- that in the paved streets of London men and women were

The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867

The odd titles adopted for his poems by Taylor, the water-poet, enliven several pages, and make one's mouth water for the books themselves.

The Enemies of Books William Blades 1857

Taylor, the water-poet, in his "Wit and Mirth," records the story of

A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Dutton Cook 1856

Taylor, the water-poet, tells us “they were used for the most part at shoave-board.”

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

Taylor, the water-poet, describes the rich foolish gallant calling his harlot,

Kemps Nine Daies Wonder Performed in a Daunce from London to Norwich William Kemp 1833

I think a king comes more natural to us English folks; and this good gentleman goes as often down by water to Greenwich, and employs as many of the barge-men and water-men of all kinds; and maintains, in his royal grace, John Taylor, the water-poet, who keeps both a sculler and a pair of oars.

The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801