Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847). Lamb has been referred to by E.V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as "the most lovable figure in English literature".
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“But if that Golden Age would come again,
And Charles here rule as he before did reign;”
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“gone before
To that unknown and silent shore,”
—Charles Lamb (1775–1834)