...built a kingdom to last forever. . . "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless...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...

...name is the title of a i famous poem by the Romantic \ poet Percy Bysshe Shelley: \ / met a traveller from an antique land, : Who said: — Two vast and...desert . . . near \ them, on the sand, \ Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, : And wrinkled lips, and sneer of cold command, \ Tell that its...

...a succinct example of how Shelley saw nature and culture as two sides of a whole: I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said: Two vast and trunkless...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...

...Unterstützung. Istanbul, im November 2005 Einleitung OZYMANDIAS I met a traveller from an anrique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone...in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Teil that its sculptor...

...Place, Camden Road NW, 1885). 1. Diodorus Siculus 1.47.4. I met a traveller from an antique land 1 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 5 Tell that its sculptor...

...empires, no matter how powerful, must eventually fall: I met a traveler from an antique land Who sa¡d: 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...

...about the people these great monuments have been erected for, now? Very few, if any. "I met a traveller from an antique land who said, 'Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert.' And on the pedestal these words appear 'My name is Osymandius, King of Kings. Look on my works, ye...

...concealed meditation on the Napoleonic project — is short enough to cite a second time: I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said — "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desart. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled...

...among even the most glorious and powerful. Shelley's classic poem, Ozymandius, comes to mind. I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: "Two vast...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...

...the Egyptian monarch who, in the thirteenth century BC, had a huge stature of himself erected): I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast...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...