LYRE, n. An ancient instrument of torture. The word is now used in a f… — The Devil's Dictionary
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LYRE, n. An ancient instrument of torture. The word is now used in a figurative sense to denote the poetic faculty, as in the following fiery lines of our great poet, Ella Wheeler Wilcox:
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