lyrist

The Parisian did not cease to be a Provençal; and the novelist was a lyrist still.

The little encore song, which generally appeared anonymously, was the opening wedge for the American lyrist.

To be the lyrist of a righteous revolution, and above all to be the people's poet, is in itself no small distinction.

His extant shorter poems, however, whether early or late, offer no excuse for claiming high rank for him as a lyrist.