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[sildil]

"When you see this post a poem in your own journal"

Ozymandius
by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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, whos 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 Ozymandius, king of kings:
Look on my words, 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.


It's funny, we were only saying today that it was nice reading poems we'd chosen in the LJ's, so thanks alex_cat for prompting another one!

Comments

[alexcat.livejournal.com]

Oooh, good one! This would be fun to do every day! I guess it shows that I majored in English and lit in college... I am FOOL for poetry!

[sildil]

Oh yes, it could EASILY become a habit!