Arthur O'Shaughnessy

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United Kingdom, Poet
March 14, 1844January, 30, 1881.

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 Ode, beginning with the words "We are the music makers, / And we are the dreamers of dreams", which has been set to music by several composers including Edward Elgar as (as The Music Makers), Zoltán Kodály and Alfred Reed.

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