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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 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, Alfred Reed and, more recently, Aphex Twin.

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We Are the Music-Makers
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Summer Has Come Without the Rose
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The Fountain of Tears
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Barcarolle
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Ode
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Song
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A Love Symphony
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I Made Another Garden
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