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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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Famous Charles Mackay Quotes

“He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done.”

Ifs Made Done Duty Bravery Brave Endure Foe Fray

Author:Charles Mackay

“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

“If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me.”

Ifs Kings Wretched

Book:The Collected Songs of Charles Mackay. With Illustrations by J. Gilbert

Source: The Collected Songs of Charles Mackay. With Illustrations by J. Gilbert