lyrist
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RT. would oblige me, as well as other admirers of "the sweet Lyrist of Peter-house," by furnishing an example or two of the latter's obligations to the bishop.
Bivouac; or, Martial Lyrist, with an Appendix—Advice to the Soldier.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
That blasphemed the bright Lyrist face to face, And did not know it,—no, they went about, Holding a poor decrepit standard out Marked with most flimsy mottoes, and in large The name of one Boileau!
From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer
That blasphemed the bright Lyrist to his face, And did not know it,—no, they went about, Holding a poor, decrepid standard out Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau!
From Poems 1817 by Keats, John
Pindar himself, of whom our modern Lyrist is an imitator, appears entirely guided by it.
From Early Reviews of English Poets by Haney, John Louis
