Read full poem →entitled _The Tempest_, which was attached to the spurious _Pilgrimage
to the Holy Land_, published by Johnston, "the Cheapside impostor," in
1817, was also denounced by Byron as a forgery in a letter to Murray,
Dictionary Entry
Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
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Poetry examples for “impostor”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Sow seed,--but let no tyrant reap;
Find wealth,--let no impostor heap;
Weave robes,--let not the idle wear;