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Arthur O'Shaughnessy on Music

1844–1881 England

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One man with a dream, at pleasure,
Shall go forth and conquer a crown
And three with a new song's measure
Can trample a kingdom down.

We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams; —
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems.

Music and Moonlight (1874)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Arthur O'Shaughnessy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.