Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Born: March 14, 1844
Died: January 30, 1881 (aged 36)
Bio: Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy was a British poet and herpetologist of Irish descent, born in London.
Known for:
- Music and Moonlight (1874)
- Poems of Arthur O'Shaughnessy
- The Music Makers, Op. 69: Vocal Score
- Songs of a worker (1881)
- Epic of women (1870)