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In regards to 4) I ᴍᴇᴛ a Traveller from an antique land, Who said, “ Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desart.[17] Near them, on the sand, Hal
by mikeodds 4y ago
In regards to 4)
I ᴍᴇᴛ a Traveller from an antique land,
Who said, “ Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desart.[17] 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 Oᴢʏᴍᴀɴᴅɪᴀs, 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.
- vaidhy 4y agoA reading of Ozymandias would say he has secured the legacy.. Even though nothing remains of his kingdom, that statue still stands and boldly proclaims to the world that Ozymandis lived and conquered.
- mikeodds 4y agoPerhaps the easiest way to secure a legacy is creating the long lasting object with whichever claims you’d like and skipping the actual building of the kingdom
- vaidhy 4y agoI like that thinking.. I am going to create my own history kinda like how the man who claimed to have conned everyone was lying about him conning everyone (and thus conning a different set of everyone :) )
- wsc981 4y agoIt's all about scope though. Sure he might have lived a couple of thousands of years ago. Humanity still is only a blip on the whole history of the earth. Maybe in 100.000 years even he will be forgotten as well, but he did get his 15 minutes of fame (relatively speaking), I'll give you that :)
- cousin_it 4y agoOzymandias was Ramesses II. He lived three thousand years ago. Lots of his buildings remain now, lots of territories he conquered remain part of Egypt, his mummy was found, thousands of people every day come to see his face and hair which remained intact. In Egypt he's known as "The Great Ancestor" and every schoolkid knows his name.