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  Ozymandias
  BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
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  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.”

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  • had to memorize this poem in grade school. One of the few things my brain’s still able to recallGnash
  • one of the most perfect things ever writtencolin_s
  • so great._niko

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