Ozymandias

[bicentennial_baby]

I met a traveler 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 upon 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.

-Percy Bysshe Shelley
1792-1822

[BrklynLiberal]

1. "Pride goeth before a fall." Proverbs - HUBRIS will get them all.

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Yep

You got it :thumbsup:

[BrklynLiberal]

3. There seems to be a poetic steak going around right now..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3594367

[Taverner]

8. Instant Karma's gonna get YOU!

[gmoney]

4. I posted this in ET Awful's "Xanadu" thread...

I was accused that our minds think alike, which on many levels is fine by me. :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3594367&mesg_id=3594367

By the way, you still owe me a wrasslin' match, girl... I guess when you get back from France. (Nice tattoo pick from that other thread, too.)

[supernova]

5. Speaking of which, has anyone seen DUer Ozymandius?

[nickgutierrez]

6. I'm not a big fan of poetry in general...

...but I love this poem. :)

[MasonJar]

7. How many speakers in the poem?

[gmoney]

9. Essentially two...

The poet and the traveler who tells him of the statue in the desert.