lyrist
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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
As a pastoral lyrist Herrick stands first among English poets.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
"An April Memory" acquaints us with W. Frank Booker, a gifted lyrist whose lines possess all the warmth, witchery and grace of his native Southland.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
Different, indeed, is the case when we come to consider Ramsay as a song-writer and a lyrist.
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton
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