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A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.

-- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet. "Sweet lyric song." Milton.

In a lyrical manner.

A lyric composition. Gray.

Pertaining to Alcæus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c. -- n. A kind of verse, so called from Alcæus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.

A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain. Bentley.

The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, -- the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode.

The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.

omething of that ethereality of thought and manner which belonged to Wordsworth's earlier lyrics. J. C. Shairp.

A kind of Oriental lyric, and usually erotic, poetry, written in recurring rhymes.

An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns. Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16. Where angels first should practice hymns, and string Their tuneful…

Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics. Donne.

The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology.

A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad. Spenser. Sir W. Scott.

A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry. Shelley.

Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful.

A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style. Hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles. Shak. O! run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. Milton. Od…

ent, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.

to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after the style and manner of Pindar; as, Pindaric odes. -- n.