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

So far as we are aware, only one balladist has found any genuine inspiration in it.

From Verse and Worse by Graham, Harry

The balladist and his men and women speak straight to the point, and call a spade a spade.

From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John

And because 'The marriage and the kirkin' Were baith held on ae day,' our simple balladist bids us believe that the twain lived happily ever after.

From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John

The modern balladist attacks the ascetic Middle Age with a shaft from its own quiver.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)