lyrist

Example Sentences

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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

A skillful lyrist whose airy gracefulness will always continue to delight.

From A Brief Handbook of English Authors by Adams, Oscar Fay

She is best as a lyrist, and some of her poems are touched with a very fine and true pathos.

From The Age of Tennyson by Walker, Hugh

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 Masson, David