![]() ![]() He was a cold and rude man, judging by his sneer of cold command. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch faraway. ![]() Attorno allo sfacelo di quel rudere immenso, sconfinato e nudo, si stende delle sabbie, solitario, il piano. In fact, he considered himself the king of kings. My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair Nothing besides remains. Un viaggiatore ho incontrato, giunto da un paese antico, mi disse: “Due immense gambe di pietra prive di tronco si ergono nel deserto…Vicino ad esse sulla sabbia, mezzo sepolto, giace un volto in frantumi, il cui cipiglio e il corrugato labbro, e il ghigno di freddo comando, rivelano che lo scultore assai bene colse quelle passioni che ancora sopravvivono -impresse in quegli oggetti senza vita- a quella mano che le raffigurò e all’anima che le nutrì.Į sopra il piedistallo stanno incise queste parole: “Ozymandias è il mio nome, il Re dei Re: guardate alle mie opere, o potenti, e disperate!” Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.” OnlyFactsMatter 2 days ago For years I thought Ozymandias was a chemistry term lol. Shelley wrote it while looking at a 1000 ton statue that had largely broken down. 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. Ozymandias was the ancient Greek name for Ramesses II, who was famous for stamping his face all over Egypt. I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said - “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Shelley wrote the poem as part of a competition with his friend, Horace Smith. A sonnet about the remnants of a statue standing alone in a desert - a desert which was once the vast civilisation of Ozymandias, ‘King of Kings’ - the poem is a haunting meditation on the fall of civilisations and the futility of all human endeavour. Tops Nursery in San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles sells Bottle Palm, Butia Palm, Coco Palm, King Palm, Mediterranean Palm, Queen Palm, Roebelenii Palm, Sago Palm. Published in “The Examiner” on 11 January 1818, ‘Ozymandias’ is perhaps Percy Bysshe Shelley’s most celebrated and best-known poem. ![]()
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