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LYRIC; something sung, or play'd on the Lyre or Harp. The Word is particularly applied to the antient Odes and Stanza's; which answer to our Airs or Tunes, and may be play'd on Instruments. The Antients were great Admirers of Lyric Verses, which Name they gave to such Verses as do not come under either of the two ordinary Kinds of Verse, viz. Hexameters and Iambics. These were principally used in Odes, and in the Chorus's of Tragedies. The Characteristic of Lyric Poetry, and that which distinguishes it from all others, is Sweetness. As Gravity rules in Heroic Verse, Simplicity in Pastoral, Tendernesss and Softness in Elegy, Sharpness and Poignancy in Satire, Mirth in Comedy, the Pathetic in Tragedy, and the Point in Epigram; so in the Lyric, the Poet applies himself wholly to sooth the Minds of Men by the Sweetness and Variety of the Verse, and the Delicacy of the Words and Thoughts, the Agreeableness of the Numbers, and the Description of Things most pleasing in their own Nature. See Ode, Song, &c.
Erstdruck und Druckvorlage
Ephraim Chambers: Cyclopædia:
or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences [...].
London: Printed for James and John Knapton [and 19 others] 1728, S. 477.
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(Editionsrichtlinien).
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