John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy 1844-1881 John Bartlett
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| 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. |
| Ode. |
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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. |
| Ode. |
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| Each age is a dream that is dying, Or one that is coming to birth. |
| Ode. |