metrist

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In all this there is soothingness indeed, but no slumberous monotony; for Spenser was no mere metrist, but a great composer.

From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell

Dryden, too, approves of Fairfax, considered at least as a metrist.

From Early Theories of Translation by Amos, Flora Ross

See notes on Dunbar as a metrist, in this edition, vol. i. pp. cxlix and clxxii, and T. F. Henderson's Scottish Vernacular Literature, pp. 153-164.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

As has been pointed out above,544 Massinger is a strict metrist, and does not often resort to this liberty, even in rapid conversation.

From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.

To the metrist and rhythmist the poem will be of interest from the first, and throughout.

From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Bridges, Robert Seymour