balladist
Example Sentences
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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
Longfellow was, of course, nothing more than a pleasant balladist and a writer of conventional thoughts on rather commonplace themes in reasonably smooth verse.
From Education: How Old The New by Walsh, James J.
The two closing stanzas here seem to betray the hand of an English balladist.
From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee
And because 'The marriage and the kirkin' Were baith held on ae day,' our simple balladist bids us believe that the twain lived happily ever after.
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John
"General Big-talk," the Yankee balladist called him when once the siege was in progress.
From The Siege of Boston by French, Allen
