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Percy Bysshe Shelley<\/strong><\/p>\n

I MET<\/span> a Traveller from an antique land
\nWho said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
\nStand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
\nHalf sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
\nAnd wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
\nTell that its sculptor well those passions read,
\nWhich yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
\nThe hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
\nAnd on the pedestal these words appear:
\n“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
\nLook on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
\nNothing beside remains. Round the decay
\nOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
\nThe lone and level sands stretch far away.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>The Ozymandias Colossus1<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ozymandias<\/a>
\nDraft of Ozymandias (above) with transcript(below)2<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

\"transcript<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Ozymandias<\/a>
\n1817 fair copy<\/span><\/p>\n\"Ozymandias_The_Examiner_1818\"<\/a>\n

First Publication3<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ozymandias<\/a><\/p>\n

1819 Publication4<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

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References and Interpretations<\/h3>\n