"Ode" a poem by Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844-1881)

Just found out about this. I guess it's all a part of, like, our DNA... man.

  Quote

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.

 

With wonderful deathless ditties

We build up the worlds great cities.

And out of a fabulous story

We fashion an empires glory:

One man with a dream, at pleasure,

Shall go forth and conquer a crown;

And three with a new songs measure

Can trample an empire down.

 

We, in the ages lying

In the buried past of the earth,

Built Nineveh with our sighing,

And Babel itself with our mirth;

And oerthrew them with prophesying

To the old of the new worlds worth;

For each age is a dream that is dying,

Or one that is coming to birth.

 

Whoa! Epic.

i just thought i'd f. more if i make music ...didn't happen

WATMMJazz™

  On 11/18/2013 at 10:45 PM, Joyrex said:

WATMMJazz

Interesting.

I wouldn't know because the search function for mobile never really works.

The searches for "ode" and "oshaughnessy" each turned up zip. FYI, when you select the forum you want to search in, regardless of what you select, it always resets the forum to zero. (Iphone5 / iOS 7 Safari)

kewl

  On 11/19/2013 at 3:16 AM, J3FF3R00 said:

 

  On 11/18/2013 at 10:45 PM, Joyrex said:

WATMMJazz

Interesting.

I wouldn't know because the search function for mobile never really works.

The searches for "ode" and "oshaughnessy" each turned up zip. FYI, when you select the forum you want to search in, regardless of what you select, it always resets the forum to zero. (Iphone5 / iOS 7 Safari)

 

It's old enough jazz that it probably hasn't been mentioned since the last forum overhaul. I was happy to see a new topic about the poem since I hadn't read it in years.

it's a nice poem to be fair

I've been on WATMM for too long.

  On 11/19/2013 at 3:16 AM, J3FF3R00 said:

 

  On 11/18/2013 at 10:45 PM, Joyrex said:

WATMMJazz

Interesting.

I wouldn't know because the search function for mobile never really works.

The searches for "ode" and "oshaughnessy" each turned up zip. FYI, when you select the forum you want to search in, regardless of what you select, it always resets the forum to zero. (Iphone5 / iOS 7 Safari)

 

I guess I should have added more - THIS is where the "We Are The Music Makers" originally comes from, etc. - aka the reason behind WATMM's name.

  On 11/19/2013 at 4:32 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 11/19/2013 at 3:16 AM, J3FF3R00 said:

 

  On 11/18/2013 at 10:45 PM, Joyrex said:

WATMMJazz

Interesting.

I wouldn't know because the search function for mobile never really works.

The searches for "ode" and "oshaughnessy" each turned up zip. FYI, when you select the forum you want to search in, regardless of what you select, it always resets the forum to zero. (Iphone5 / iOS 7 Safari)

 

I guess I should have added more - THIS is where the "We Are The Music Makers" originally comes from, etc. - aka the reason behind WATMM's name.

 

And Joyrex is an obscure Shakespeare play.