Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lyric

Lyric , adjective

[Latin lyricus, Greek {not transcribed}: compare French lyrique. See Lyre.]

1.
Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
2.
Fitted to be sung to the lyre;
appropriate for song; suitable for or suggestive of singing; -- of music or poetry.
3.
expressing deep personal emotion; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet; as, the dancer's lyrical performance.
Sweet lyric song. — Milton

Also: Lyrical

Lyric , noun

1.
A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
2.
A composer of lyric poems. [Rare] — Addison
3.
A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
4.
The words of a song.