2. Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; — said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet. "Sweet lyric song." Milton.
LYRIC
Lyr"ic, n.
1. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
2. A composer of lyric poems. [R.] Addison.
3. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; — used chiefly in the plural. 4. pl.
Defn: The words of a song.
LYRICALLY
Lyr"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a lyrical manner.
LYRICISM
Lyr"i*cism, n.
Defn: A lyric composition. Gray.