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To: Daffynition

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, 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.


116 posted on 09/01/2012 11:28:34 AM PDT by Reo (the 4th Estate is a 5th Column)
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To: Reo

I was reminded of that poem as well. In this case it cheers me that this too shall pass.


168 posted on 09/01/2012 12:01:30 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Reo

Sorry Daffy.

I didn’t see your post.


205 posted on 09/01/2012 12:37:11 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim ('Nancy Pelosi is a DINGBAT.' - Gov. Sarah Palin)
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