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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.
The poem was created as part of a friendly competition in which Shelley and fellow poet Horace Smith each created a poem on the subject of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II under the title of Ozymandias, the Greek name for the pharaoh. Shelley's poem explores the ravages of time and the oblivion to which the legacies of even the greatest men are ...
Percy Shelley wrote competing sonnets with his friend, Horace Smith, both called “Ozymandias.” But Smith later changed his title to “On A Stupendous Leg of Granite, Discovered Standing by Itself in the Deserts of Egypt, with the Inscription Inserted Below,” which begins, redundantly: “In Egypt’s sandy silence, all alone, / Stands a ...
‘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.
Shelley’s contribution was “Ozymandias,” one of the best-known sonnets in European literature. In addition to the Diodorus passage, Shelley must have recalled similar examples of boastfulness in the epitaphic tradition.
Ozymandias. Percy Bysshe Shelley. Track 38 on The Complete Poetical Works Of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume 2. This classic sonnet uses a decaying statue of Ramesses II, also called Ozymandias, as...
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.
