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Charles Mackay

Short Name: Charles Mackay
Full Name: Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889
Birth Year: 1814
Death Year: 1889

Charles Mackay, the well known writer, was born at Perth, 1814, and died Dec. 24, 1889.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)


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Texts by Charles Mackay (14)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A nameless man, amid a crowdCharles Mackay (Author)English1
Art thou low down, my brotherCharles Mackay (Author)English1
I live for those who love meC. Mackay (Author)English1
If I were a voice, a persuasive voiceCharles Mackay (Author)English16
May every year but draw more nearCharles Mackay (Author)English5
Men of thought, be up, and stirringCharles Mackay (Author)English8
O piety! O heavenly Piety!Charles Mackay (Author)English1
Tell me, ye winged winds, that round my pathway roarCharles Mackay (Author)English12
The man is thought a knave or foolCharles Mackay (Author)1
Thou, who in the noon time brightnessCharles Mackay (Author)1
We may not praise the good old timesCharles Mackay (Author)1
What dost thou seeCharles Mackay (Author)1
What might be done if men were wiseCharles Mackay (Author)2
Why should we pluck the dewy roseCharles Mackay (Author)1
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