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"Ozymandias, King of Kings" |
Ozymandias
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, the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings,
Look on my Works, ye Might, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
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The name of the boat is derived from the sonnet "Ozymandias" written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1819.
There is much
discussion of the meaning of this poem as well as active discussions
on the blogs.
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"Ozymandias"
Ozymandias is the Greek transliteration of the Ramses II throne name "User-maat-re Setep-en-re".
The actual inscription on the pedestal – "King of Kings am I,
Ozymandias. If anyone would know how great I am and where I lie,
let him surpass one of my works."
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Trips to Ozyland |
Take a trip to view the ruins of "Ozymandias".
Plug these coordinates
into Google Earth to take a quick flight to the Ramesseum
ruins near Luxor, Egypt. Once there you can view
photographs taken by past visitors.
Coordinates of Luxor,
Egypt Temple of Luxor
25° 42.071'N 32°
38.238'E
Across the Nile River -
Ramesseum - location of the fallen Ozymandias statue
25° 43.571'N 32°
36.726'E
Google Earth - see where you've been and where you want to go
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