...overthrown. Such a downfall was that described by the poet Shelley when he tells of meeting " 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." Shattered though it is, the frowning and haughty face shows that the man it...

...Procter, seems ! Percy Bysshe Shelley percg ffigssbc Sbellcg (1790-1882) OZYMANDIAS I MET a traveller from an antique land Who said : Two vast and trunkless legs of Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled...

...gigantic statue of Ramses II. It inspired him to write the following poem: Ozymandias 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, 10. SeeLeask,2. Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,...

...universe really was, to his eyes. His sonnet "Ozymandias" is one of doubt's great poems. It begins: "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 . . .'" This huge, broken face sneers its "cold command," unaware that its moment...

...imperial dreams. Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias" would have felt at home in this harsh environment: I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast...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...

...once was great is passed away. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ENGLISH (1770-1850) Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless...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...

...activists may be so important. Afterword The War in Iraq Full Spectrum Dominance 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...

...tales of birds. But first, in memoriam, Shelley's well-known Ode to a Dinosaur: I met a traveller in an antique land Who said: 'Two vast and trunkless...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...

...publicación el día 11, INGPEN PECK (eds.) (1965: 416) se decantan por el día 25. «I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desart.135 Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip,...

...appropriateness of Percy Bysshe Shelly's poem that Mike recited when he saw the bulldozer. Ozymandias I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast...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...