[f. as prec. + -LING.] A young or inexperienced poet; a poetaster.
1813. G. Colman, Br. Grins, Vagaries Vind., liv. The bardling who in afternoons Warbles his published lays to melting tunes.
1858. P. J. Bailey, The Age, 64.
| The Drako, I, of critics! In these veins, | |
| Which revolutionary rouge distains, | |
| The whole force lies of critical campaigns; | |
| So woe to you young bardlings scant of brains! |
