Dave Land wrote:
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The above quote is from Shelly's poem Ozymandus:
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Forgive an old English major a moment with one of my favorite works...
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The words, "stamp'd on these lifeless things", are an aside. The line
says that the sculptor well read the passions that have survived both
the hand of the sculptor which captured them and the heart of the
ruler that fed them. Damn, Shelly was good.
Good post. Yes, I like Shelly too.
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In Egypt's sandy silence, all alone,
Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throws
The only shadow that the Desert knows: —
"I am great OZYMANDIAS," saith the stone,
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Ouch! This one strains to rhyme so much it hurts
to read it.
---David
Roses are red Maru
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