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lyrist

[lahyuhr-ist, lir-ist] / ˈlaɪər ɪst, ˈlɪr ɪst /








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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

Many possibilities of contemplation are open to the thinker, to the quiet observer; to the poet however, to the lyrist, only a poetic philosophy of life is possible, a contemplation lyrically exalted.

From ?mile Verhaeren by Stefan Zweig

Ramsay, according to this basis of distinction, was, as has been said, rather a song-writer than a lyrist.

From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton

Simon van Beaumont, the governor, a lyrist of some talent; Joanna Coomans, called the "Pearl of Zealand;" and Jacob Westerbaen also gave her sweet welcome.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Joost van den Vondel


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