There is plenty, then, for the present race of Irish lyrists to do.
"Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry"
Thomas Davis Commentator: T. W. Rolleston
It is not certain that Bentley did not borrow from him; and his versions of Anacreon, of various other Greek lyrists, of the later Latins, and of modern writers in Spanish and Italian are most remarkable.
"A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature"
George Saintsbury
With a few fiery songs he placed himself at the head of the small group of naval lyrists, a position which even to-day he has not wholly lost.
"The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III)"
Philip Freneau