 ... 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...  The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley - Page 203by Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 pages
...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...Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away." Stanzas Written in Dejection Near Naples The sun is warm, the sky... | |
 | Timothy Morton - 2006 - 188 pages
...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...that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away. (1839) The haunting close of the poem manages to link the desert... | |
 | Cullen Schippe, Chuck Stetson - 2006 - 400 pages
...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...Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. apocalyptic literature, from the Greek word apocalypse, which means... | |
 | Ian Bremmer - 2006 - 320 pages
...that works is the subject of the next chapter. ge 146 36 147 CHAPTER FOUR The Depths of the J Curve And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is...that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away. — FROM "OZYMANDIAS," BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY There was a time when... | |
 | John Kenneth MacKay - 2006 - 321 pages
...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...Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away."92 The sonnet's first line reminds us both of the memorial and of... | |
 | Stephen Fry - 2006 - 396 pages
...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...Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.' In Egypt's sandy silence, all alone, Stands a gigantic Leg, which... | |
 | Geoff Bennett - 2006 - 389 pages
...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...Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. The elegant poem offered little in the way of consolation. "Nothing... | |
 | William Roetzheim - 2006 - 760 pages
...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...of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare the lone and level sands stretch far away. |ohn Clare (1793 - 1864) Badger2 When midnight comes a host of dogs... | |
 | Eric Flint, Ryk E. Spoor - 2006 - 326 pages
...loved that poem, to the point where she'd committed it to memory. She recited the closing lines now: "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look on my...Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. " "No, they wouldn't," Joe agreed. "A reactionless drive isn't magic.... | |
 | Joan Medlicott - 2009 - 320 pages
...book of poems from his pocket and began to read aloud from Percy Bysshe Shelley's sonnet "Ozymandias." My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works,...Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. He set aside the slim volume. "Do you think that, like Ozymandias,... | |
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