Goethe, “prince of German poets” (1749–1812).
“The Polish poet called upon … . the great Coryphæus of German literature.”—See Notes and Queries, 27th April, 1878.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.