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:Īnd on the pedestal these words appear: ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’ Nothing beside remains. I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Shelley’s was published on Januunder the pen name Glirastes, and Smith’s was published on Februwith the initials H.S. Shelley’s now-famous poem has eclipsed the entry of his friend Horace Smith (1779–1849), who wrote his sonnet on the same topic and with the same title. The poem is regarded as one of Shelley’s most famous works and is frequently anthologized. “Ozymandias” is a sonnet written by Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822). Inspired by the announcement, two English poets wrote poems in friendly competition and submitted them to The Examiner in London. A seven-ton fragment - comprised of the head and torso - had been removed in 1816 by the Italian adventurer Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1728–1823). It was once part of a massive, full-body statue at the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple to Ramesses at Thebes. In 1817, the British Museum announced its latest acquisition: a large bust of Ramesses II from the thirteenth century BCE. 1279–1213 BCE) who ruled in the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. In antiquity, Ozymandias was the Greek name for the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II (r. The Younger Memnon - a seven-ton fragment from a statue of Ramesses II - recovered at Thebes by Giovanni Battista Belzoni in 1816 and acquired by the British Museum in 1817.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |