#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 /

[lotrmusical]

My high school did a yearly poetry recitation contest (Poetry Out Loud), so Oh Boy do I know some poems. My favorites are Ozymandias and "the world is about to end and my grandparents are in love," by Kara Jackson. Also in 8th grade we had a Poe unit and had a class contest to make the best music video of the Raven, so I still know a good chunk of that.

i hadn't heard of the kara jackson one! just read through it and enjoyed it, particularly these lines > 'grandma returns to her love like a hymn, marks it with a color. // when the world ends will it suck the earth of all its love? /will i go taking somebody’s hand, / my skin becoming their skin?'

[itspileofgoodthings]

Ozymandias the sonnet that you are

[nyxi-pixie]

girls can be tormented by anything. sometimes youre living your life and remember you can recite ozymandias by heart despite not having read it since you were 16

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

I memorized this poem for school with this thing stuck in my head

i don’t give a fuck about destiel ok. everyone say happy birthday to my gorgeous wife she turns 2 today

[birdmans]

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.”

OZYMANDIAS, PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

[egg-on-a-legg]

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."

- Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe Shelly

[apoemaday]

Ozymandias

by Percy Shelley

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.”

[moishe-pipick]

Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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.”

[cocajimmycola]

ozymandiaspoemic

a gender which is in some way connected to, expressed by, or simply is, the following poem:

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 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!" No thing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.

via Percy Shelley, "Ozymandias"

If this has been coined before (which I'm sure it has been), please consider this an alt flag!

kingofkingsquotic

a gender which is in some way connected to, expressed by, or simply is, the following quote:

"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

via Percy Shelley, "Ozymandias"

nothingbesideremainsquotic

a gender which is in some way connected to, expressed by, or simply is, the following quote:

"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" No thing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.

via Percy Shelley, "Ozymandias"

Requested by: @smilepilled

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[internationalemeteorologie]

Nicolas Delort

Ozymandias. 2023

"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." P. B. Shelley, 1817

[frankenfran]

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:

"one bad gloop and she do what i yoinky, two big

splurgs and a big ass gloopy, three more yoinks,

then i buy me a smoothie, poured up a gloop,

that's a gloop and a splurgy."

[feyd-meowtha]

Pals, I really recommend that you read Ozymandias while thinking about Paul Atreides (thank me later x).

Ozymandias

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 Bysshe Shelley

[david-goldrock]

Walking in Gaza now that he's dead be like

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.”

[inspofromancientworld]

Ozymandias and it's ancient origins

By Pbuergler - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11798746

In 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley published the poem Ozymandias under the pen name 'Glirastes'. It was the result of a competition between him and Horace Smith after the British Museum acquired the head and torso of Pharaoh Ramsesses II, which was taken from a mortuary temple at Thebes by Italian archaeologist Giovanni Battista Belzoni in 1817, though it didn't reach London until 1821. The basis of the contest was a line from Diodorus Siculus' Bibliotheca historica reading 'King of Kings Ozymandias am I. If any want to know how great I am and where I lie, let him outdo me in my work.

By Speedster - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38220820

Ozymandias is the Greek version of Ramesses II's throne name 'Usermaatre Setepenre'. He was the third ruler of the 19th Dynasty who reigned from 1279-1213 BCE and had somewhere between 88-103 children during his lifetime with his seven consorts and concubines and lived until he was about 90-91 years old. During his lifetime, he waged at least 15 military campaigns, all but one a clear victory, the Battle of Kadesh ending in a stalemate in May of 1274 BCE. He was known as Ramesses the Great and took the title 'King of kings'. Ramesses II had reason to make such a boast as during his 65 year reign, he brought peace and prosperity to Egypt while expanding the borders and completed many ambitious building projects.

The downfall of his long reign and many children is that there were many heirs to bicker over the throne, as well as the machinations of his consorts to ensure their children came out ahead and led into a civil war that nearly erased Ramesses II name from history save for a few mentions in other histories.

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In Shelley's poem, he begins with 'I met a traveller from an antique land' referring to Diodurus Siculus, which is also why the poem is called Ozymandias. 'Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone/Stand in the desart. Near them, on the sand,/Half sunk, a shattered visage lies,' This speaks to the initial excavation efforts. '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,' Here, the poet takes his liberties as Raesses II was carved in the idealized way that ancient Egyptians carved or painted the upper classes, so the sculpted expression is more mask-like, without wrinkles or any true expression, his face completely symmetrical, even lacking Ramesses II's aquiline nose. '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!"' This could refer to the temple built at ancient Nubia in modern day Abu Simbel, which has been called 'ego cast into stone' with the four colossal seated figures of Ramesses II outside it. 'No thing beside remains. Round the decay/Of colossal wreck, boundless and bare/The lone and level sands stretch far away.' By the time of Napoleon's campaigns in Egypt from 1798-1801, that temple was nearly completely covered with sand, with almost nothing left visible.

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 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!" No thing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. — Percy Shelley, "Ozymandias", 1819 edition

[10piecechickenmcnugget]

I met a traveler 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, who’s frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command tell that it’s 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 upon 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.

but I never did quite forgive myself