lyrist
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Famously, Orfeo, a master poet, singer and lyrist, convincingly serenades Caronte, followed by Pluto, lord of the underworld, begging that love beat death, that his wife go home with him across the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2018
A lyrist playing to a herd of cows masticating their own ignorance, Bella often thought.
From The New Yorker ● May 1, 2017
He remains nevertheless essentially a lyrist, a maker of songs; a thorough artist who has seriousness, dignity, and charm.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
We can, with comparative ease, recognise Burns himself in his works; for Burns is a lyrist, pouring out his own feelings in song, often alluding to himself, and generally under personal agitation when he writes.
From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by David Masson
A young writer can gain more from the study of a literary poet than from the study of a lyrist.
From A Critic in Pall Mall Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies by Oscar Wilde
