Arthur O'Shaughnessy, English poet and herpetologist (born 1844)

Arthur O'Shaughnessy

British poet and herpetologist

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 poem "Ode", from his 1874 collection Music and Moonlight, which begins with the words "We are the music makers, / And we are the…