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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,
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 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. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

LyricalOne · F
Love your avatar. Les Mis is one of my very favorite shows.
bookerdana · M
The sentence does not affirm or deny either the presence of past heads..or the possibility of future heads😛
Well pard,you done wore me down to the stubble on my cheek😹
But before I log out..I am leaving you the way to cure ALL the worlds ills!
The vid quality is bad but this is funny!

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QTj45cTB4U]
LyricalOne · F
@bookerdana It's been fun fellow Long Guy-lander. Sleep well. 😴
bookerdana · M
Y'all come back,now,y'hear??😉
How beautiful... I love the photo that you have found to match ...
bookerdana · M
@Soossie You know that was almost a year ago and I paid foor the drive and the service,I oughta go back and get some recompense!
Lolol... you can do your best...
bookerdana · M
@Soossie Yep I just want to wipe the external drive and import current data,so all I need are instructions
SW-User
Love me some Shelley 💙
bookerdana · M
SW-User
bookerdana · M
@SW-User SHOCKING,isn't it?
fairone · F
Regardless of the antiquity of the words, it still is relatable to life today... Which makes it astonishingly profound for then and now...
bookerdana · M
@fairone Yes,I love the Romantic poets.Human nature is remarkably constant
Ishtar · 22-25, F
I've studied this in 10th grade.
Memories
bookerdana · M
@Ishtar Really stunning use off words
Ishtar · 22-25, F
I remember this from high school english.
bookerdana · M
@WatercolourWildFlowers OF COURSE!! Its Shelley..you know,Mary's husband??!!!😛
NudasPriest · 46-50, M
... and two hundred years on, we gaze upon his artful words in awe.
NudasPriest · 46-50, M
@bookerdana Both - that is the beautiful parallel, born of the time passed since Shelley penned his words.
bookerdana · M
@NudasPriest Shelley I think might have considered it,Ozzy less so!
NudasPriest · 46-50, M
Ozy we presume incognizant of his own mortality, Shelly likely unaware of the immortality of his words. @bookerdana

 
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