Arthur O'Shaughnessy Professions : Poet Born : March 14, 1844 Died : January 30, 1881 Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by Arthur O'Shaughnessy A breath of our inspiration Arthur O'Shaughnessy inspiration kings dream 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, Upon whom the pale moon gleams; Yet we are the movers and shakers, Of the world forever, it seems. Arthur O'Shaughnessy music dream life A breath of our inspiration / Is the life of each generation. Arthur O'Shaughnessy breaths generations inspiration We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. Arthur O'Shaughnessy music dream inspirational We, in the ages lying Arthur O'Shaughnessy dream lying past But on one man's soul it hath broken, / A light that doth not depart; / And his look, or a word he hath spoken, / Wrought flame in another man's heart. Arthur O'Shaughnessy light heart men O precious is the pause between the winds that come and go, / And sweet the silence of the shores between the ebb and flow. Arthur O'Shaughnessy ebb-and-flow sweet wind We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams... Yet we are the movers and shakers of the world for ever, it seems. Arthur O'Shaughnessy dream life world For each age is a dream that is dying, Arthur O'Shaughnessy dying dream time Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
