Round the decay of that colossal Wreck

[Mme. Defarge]

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
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.”

[KPN]

1. That would make a perfect epitaph wouldn't it?

[Mme. Defarge]

2. This -

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;

[Peacetrain]

3. Honest to pete...

Unbelievable we came up with such similar ops.. I had not read yours when I posted mine.. I was using a saying my Mom used to use about people who were less than stellar shall we say.. amazing.. must be something in the air giving us all the same thoughts..

[Ponietz]

4. New Ken Burns film: The Tiny Hands That Mocked

[Mme. Defarge]

5. Formidable!

[Ponietz]

6. This also evokes the sense of the poem

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Link to tweet

[Mme. Defarge]

7. Good catch!

Saw that earlier, which actually may have made me think of the poem. Great minds!