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Eric Mackay
1851–1898
A late-Victorian poet with a gift for romantic, musical verse, he published several popular collections in the 1880s and 1890s. Though less widely read now, his work once found a sizable audience on both sides of the Atlantic.
3 Audiobooks
A Lover's Litanies
by Eric Mackay
The Song of the Flag: A National Ode
by Eric Mackay
Love Letters of a Violinist, and Other Poems
by Eric Mackay
About the author
George Eric Mackay was an English poet born in London on January 25, 1851, the son of writer and journalist Charles Mackay. He spent part of his early life in Europe, trained as a singer, and also worked as a language teacher and journalist before returning to London.
Mackay published a number of poetry collections, including Love Letters of a Violinist (1886), A Lover's Litanies (1888), and Song of the Sea (1895). Contemporary reference material shows that his books were issued in both Britain and the United States, and he achieved a noticeable measure of popularity in his own time.
He is also remembered as the half-brother of novelist Marie Corelli. Eric Mackay died in London on June 2, 1898.