ozymandias

• half sunk, a shattered visage lies
• king of kings
• round the decay/ of that colossal wreck
• two vast and trunkless legs of stone/ stand in the desert
• wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
• look on my works, ye mighty and despair
• its sculptor well those passions read/ which yet survive
• nothing beside remains
• context

  was a romantic poet, wrote a lot about the power of nature, considered to be a radical - ozymandias reflects this side of his character, writing about dangers of thinking you are invincible, a timeless message