Poet, biblically, is going east (6)

I believe the answer is:

goethe

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'poet' is the definition.
(I know that Goethe is a poet)

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(Other definitions for goethe that I've seen before include "German author (Faust)" , "Wolfgang von - , Faust author" , "The ego, strangely, of the German writer" , "Poet's" , "German playwright and poet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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