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Tell that its sculptor well those passions read. Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked 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.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
Shelley’s contribution was “Ozymandias,” one of the...
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Ozymandias. Percy Bysshe Shelley. 1792 –. 1822. 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,
In antiquity, Ozymandias (Ὀσυμανδύας, Osymandýas) was a Greek name for the pharaoh Ramesses II (r. 1279–1213 BC), derived from a part of his throne name, Usermaatre. In 1817, Shelley began writing the poem "Ozymandias", after the British Museum acquired the Younger Memnon, a head-and-torso fragment of a statue of Ramesses II ...
“Ozymandias” is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley wrote “Ozymandias” in 1817 as part of a poetry contest with a friend and had it published in The Examiner in 1818 under the pen name Glirastes.
‘Ozymandias’ is one of Shelley's best poems, portraying a decaying statue in a desert with the inscription “Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair”. This stark imagery contrasts the once-mighty ruler's declaration, emphasizing the fleeting nature of human achievements.
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Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley. 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 shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
