John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7974 Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy 1844-1881 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 7974 |
| AUTHOR: | Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy (1844–1881) |
| QUOTATION: | We are the music-makers, 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: We are the movers and shakers Of the world forever it seems. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ode. |