Ozymandias

04/09/03 | Shelly

[Mike Darancette]

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.

--- Percy Shelly

This poem is for you Saddam.

[Mike Darancette]

Saddam legacy.

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[PBRSTREETGANG]

Fitting.

[xJones]

Thanks, so true.

[eddie willers]

Perfect.
One of my favorites and sooooo apropos.

[eddie willers]

Remember this one from high school English?

Almost seems like it was written for today.

[Boston Tea Party]

Thanks, Mike! I've been thinking of this poem often over the last few days.

[EllaMinnow]

Thanks!
And thank you to Sister Carl Mary, wherever she may be, for making me memorize it in 6th grade.
It has been in my head all morning.

[LTColRick]

Great timing, good riddance!

[facedown]

Percy Bysshe bump!

[Constitution Day]

Excellent post!!
Very appropriate (plus it reminds me of my AP English class)

[Billthedrill]

Perfect. Absolutely perfect.

[ArrogantBustard]

Remember this one from high school English?

Seventh grade, in my case. One of many things I learnt then, but did not really understand.

Almost seems like it was written for today.

It was written for the ages, like all good literature.

[jude24]

[ArrogantBustard]

Sic Semper Tyrannis!

[MinuteGal]

Thanks for posting this poem, Mike.

Percy Bysshe Shelley must have written it in 1818 with today's event in mind. So fitting that he was an Englishman.

God bless America!

Rule, Brittania!

Viva Espana!

Thankski, Poland!

Leni

[jude24]

While I agree with the sentiment, I would never quote John Wilkes Booth in a positive way.

[ArrogantBustard]

I'm quoting the official motto of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

[jude24]

Okay, I stand corrected.

[stboz]

This poem is for you Saddam.

Let it never be for us. Pray to God and thank Him. Never must our ego get in the way of our thought. Just look at Saddam.