lyrist

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Lyrist as he is and subjective, Jeremiah dwells not so much upon the attributes of God on which faith rests as upon the effects of faith in man.

From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Smith, George Adam, Sir

Pindar himself, of whom our modern Lyrist is an imitator, appears entirely guided by it.

From Early Reviews of English Poets by Haney, John Louis

That blasphemed the bright Lyrist face to face, And did not know it,—no, they went about, Holding a poor decrepit standard out Marked with most flimsy mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau!

From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer

Bivouac; or, Martial Lyrist, with an Appendix—Advice to the Soldier.

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey

That blasphemed the bright Lyrist to his face, And did not know it,—no, they went about, Holding a poor, decrepid standard out Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau!

From Poems 1817 by Keats, John