Category:Poesy

Po"e*sy, n. Etym: [f. poésie (cf. It. poesia), l. poesis, from gr. Posy.]

1. The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the Heavenly gift of poesy. Shak.

2. Poetry; metrical composition; poems. Music and poesy used to quicken you. Shak.

3. A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a Posy. Bacon.