lyrist meaning in English

n.
1.竖琴演奏者。
2.抒情诗人。

We are not speaking so much of those delightful lovesongs with which the writer who conceals his identity under the graceful pseudonym of the little sweet branch has familiarised the bookloving world but rather as a contributor d . o . c . points out in an interesting communication published by an evening contemporary of the harsher and more personal note which is found in the satirical effusions of the famous raftery and of donald macconsidine to say nothing of a more modern lyrist at present very much in the public eye
这里说的并非读书界所熟悉的那种悦耳的情歌，原作者真名不详，使用的是“可爱的小枝” 243一文雅的笔名而是正如署名d o c的撰稿人在当代某晚报上发表的饶有兴味的通信中所指出的那种更辛辣更动人的调子。