lyrist

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

Gosse as a poet may be described as a lyrist with attractive descriptive powers.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various

How could that lyrist be harsh in his diction, who almost draws tears from our eyes, while his melodious lines and picturing epithets are remembered by his readers?

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

But no voice, save those of a few melodious brothers, cheered the lonely lyrist, who had sung on every mountain, and whose verse had flowed with every river.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac