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

As a balladist he has few equals and no superiors, and when it comes to weaving compliments to the gentler sex he is without a peer.

From Hoosier Lyrics by Field, Eugene

The two closing stanzas here seem to betray the hand of an English balladist.

From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee

This unknown balladist was Mr. Henley; perhaps he was the first Englishman who ever burst into a double ballade, and his translations of two of Villon's ballades into modern thieves' slang were marvels of dexterity.

From Ballads in Blue China by Lang, Andrew

In the former, the balladist treats, with dramatic fire and fine insight into the springs of action, the theme that 'To be wroth with those we love Doth work like madness in the brain.'

From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John