Ode (poem)

Ode is a poem written by the English poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy and first published in 1873. It is often referred to by its first line We are the music makers.

The Ode is the first poem in O'Shaughnessy's collection Music and Moonlight (1874). It has nine stanzas, although it is commonly believed to be only three stanzas long. The opening stanza is:

The phrase "movers and shakers" originates here.

The poem has been set to music, or alluded to, many times:

South African band, Gimp, performed a rock anthem of the poem in 2005 at Woodstock South Africa

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