balladist

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This balladist of the Middle West, whose books sell millions of copies, is as representative of the great sentimentality of America, as the Ford car is of our thrift.

From Time Magazine Archive

So far as we are aware, only one balladist has found any genuine inspiration in it.

From Verse and Worse by Graham, Harry

This unknown balladist was Mr. Henley; perhaps he was the first Englishman who ever burst into a double ballade, and his translations of two of Villon's ballades into modern thieves' slang were marvels of dexterity.

From Ballads in Blue China by Lang, Andrew

Her ambition was whetted for an exercise of actual power, and the outcome was the famous battle of Beverwyck, whose story still lacks its balladist.

From The Henchman by Luther, Mark Lee

More of More Hall was nothing at all For a balladist to brag on, Compared with our Knight of the Watering Pot— If he'll slay our River Dragon!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 by Various