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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Ozymandias (Shelley-1818)




OZYMANDIAS


I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains: round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.[1]

- Percy Bysshe Shelley

1 Angelic comments:

rch said...

Hi Gerald, this is one of my all time favorites. I like your blog and have added you in my links. I look forward to reading your work. Take care,

Bob