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

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

William Caldwell Roscoe was at once lyrist, dramatist and critic, but failed to achieve greatness in any of these lines.

From The Age of Tennyson by Walker, Hugh

As a pastoral lyrist Herrick stands first among English poets.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various