Sand sculpture of Obama built by Myrtle Beach SC for DNC convention.

[lilly-kate]

39. Ozymandias

The 19th century poem below was written by poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. If you have never heard of him, look him up. He was relatively popular during his time and continues to be read and studied today. If you are familiar with Shelly's poem, you will certainly understand the allusions to Obama's sand sculpture. Have Fun!

"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 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.