Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy was a British poet and herpetologist. Of Irish descent, he was born in London.
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Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy was a British poet and herpetologist. Of Irish descent, he was born in London. He is most remembered for his poem "Ode", from his 1874 collection Music and Moonlight, which begins with the words "We are the music makers, / And we are the dreamers of dreams", and which has been set to music by several composers including Edward Elgar, Zoltán Kodály, Alfred Reed and, more recently, 808 State and Aphex Twin.
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Lived 1844 to 1881 · aged 36
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