Posted on 07/26/2015 5:14:35 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Ozymandias
Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792 - 1822
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.”
Narcissism isn’t new.
Good one.
Is this a real image or a Photoshop and what is it, exactly? It looks very interesting. Please give a little background. Thanks.
If I recall, it was a sand sculpture done on the beach (can’t remember which one), of Obama shortly after his first election. The humorous part is that it didn’t last long, as strong winds and sea spray soon took the details away.
I think that particular photo was of the sand sculpture artists trying to repair the damage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyarlathotep
he is described as a “tall, swarthy man” who resembles an Egyptian pharaoh who wanders the earth, seemingly gathering legions of followers through his demonstrations of strange and seemingly magical instruments, the narrator of the story among them. These followers lose awareness of the world around them, and through the narrator’s increasingly unreliable accounts the reader gets a sense of the world’s utter collapse. The story ends with the narrator as part of an army of servants for Nyarlathotep.
A must-teach poem for young people as it depicts self-indulgent grandiosity. But note how the sculptor “knew well” the look [sneer]. The sculptor was one not impressed with the outward appearance of apparent greatness, but more concerned with the inward reality of arrogant character. Further, he got away with this rendering! Clearly, Ozymandias approved.
Excellent !
I met a traveller from a modern land,
Who said—”Two vast and trunkless legs of styrofoam
Stand in the desert….Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose upturned nostrils,
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 Obamadias, Leader of Leaders,
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and get wee weed up!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
Name of the best episode of Breaking Bad.
Great trailer for the Breaking Bad episode “Ozymandias” as read by Bryan Cranston:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3dpghfRBHE
lol
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