balladist
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This balladist of the Middle West, whose books sell millions of copies, is as representative of the great sentimentality of America, as the Ford car is of our thrift.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the balladist carries everything before him by the verve and good humour and pawky wit of his song.
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by John Geddie
Next perhaps to Rossetti’s reputation as a writer of sonnets stands his reputation as a balladist; and it may be questioned whether the order ought not to be reversed.
From The Age of Tennyson by Hugh Walker
Longfellow was, of course, nothing more than a pleasant balladist and a writer of conventional thoughts on rather commonplace themes in reasonably smooth verse.
From Education: How Old The New by James J. Walsh
The picture drawn by the balladist is graphic in the extreme.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
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