lyrist
Example Sentences
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Famously, Orfeo, a master poet, singer and lyrist, convincingly serenades Caronte, followed by Pluto, lord of the underworld, begging that love beat death, that his wife go home with him across the river.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2018
A lyrist playing to a herd of cows masticating their own ignorance, Bella often thought.
From The New Yorker • May 1, 2017
Gosse as a poet may be described as a lyrist with attractive descriptive powers.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
He remains nevertheless essentially a lyrist, a maker of songs; a thorough artist who has seriousness, dignity, and charm.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
B�ranger was not the rose-crowned lyrist of love and wine; he was not Anacreon.
From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver
