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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.”. Source: Shelley’s Poetry and Prose (1977) This Poem has a Poem Guide. View Poem Guide.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
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- Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ozymandias is a sonnet by the romantic poet Shelley, published in 1818.The speaker recalls having met a traveler from an old land (i.e. Egypt), who told him a story about the ruins of a statue in the desert of his native country. Two large legs of stone stand without a body, and near them a big broken stone head lies half sunk in the sand.
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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 Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless ...
Ozymandias of Egypt P.B. 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 shatter'd visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command 5 Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
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OZYMANDIAS 1 I met a Traveller from an antique land, 2 Who said, “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone 3 Stand in the desart. Near them, on the sand, 4 Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, 5 And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, 6 Tell that its sculptor well those passions read 7 Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless ...
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,
LitCharts. Get the entire guide to “Ozymandias” as a printable PDF. Download. The Full Text of “Ozymandias” 1 I met a traveller from an antique land, 2 Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone. 3 Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, 4 Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, 5 And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
