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Charles Mackay was a prominent British poet born on March 27, 1814, and died on December 24, 1889. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and vivid imagery, which has had a lasting impact on subsequent poets.

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All Men Crowds Madness Nations Action Delusion Errors Folly Ifs May Causes Clear Desperate Done Excitement Eye Good Times Herds Ignorance Individual

Famous Charles Mackay Quotes

“War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger; Nor slaughter men for glory's sake; - Wait a little longer.”

Men Littles War Eye Nations Waiting Prove Glory Stronger Sake Monsters Good Times Quarrels Slaughter Iniquity

Book:Voices from the Crowd: And Other Poems

Source: Voices from the Crowd: And Other Poems

“Truth . . . and if mine eyes Can bear its blaze, and trace its symmetries, Measure its distance, and its advent wait, I am no prophet - I but calculate.”

Ifs Eye Truth Waiting Mines Bears Mathematics Distance Math Mathematical Prophet Advent Symmetry

Book:Egeria, or The spirit of nature; and other poems

Source: Egeria, or The spirit of nature; and other poems