![]() Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frow Percy Shelley saw the world for what it was, and what it will be. "I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. This is a poem with true universal value. Ozymandias is a simple homage to human power, to human corruption and to human ruling. He saw through the cracks of civilisation and human greed he saw what man has become and will always be unless he changes. Percy Shelley saw the world for what it was, and what it will be. Sculptor and illustrator Theo Gayer-Anderson lives in Egypt.more With an introduction by British poet Gerard Benson and notes for further reading, this book opens up to children a classic of Romantic poetry. In this unique interpretation of Ozymandias, Shelley and the traveler come to life in an extraordinary gallery of dreamlike illustrations. Ozymandias is the great pharoah Ramses II, whose statue Shelley imagined lying broken in the deset and whose name he chose as the title for his poem. With these words the English poet Percy Shelley transported his readers to ancient Egypt. In this unique interpretati A picture book edition of the classic, Ozymandias, was composed in 1817 by P.B. "I met a traveler." With these words the English poet Percy Shelley transported his readers to ancient Egypt. A picture book edition of the classic, Ozymandias, was composed in 1817 by P.B. ![]()
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