Jahane Rumi

April 1, 2007

Ozymandius - Shelley

Filed under: All My Posts, Arts & Culture, Egypt, History, Loss, Poetry, World Literature, World Writers — Raza Rumi @ 5:14 pm

The name Ozymandias (or Osymandias) is generally believed to refer to Ramesses the Great (i.e., Ramesses II), Pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt. It was written in December 1817 during a writing contest, and first published in 1818.”

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1 Comment »

  1. Undoubtedly one of the poems that I always include in my all-time favourites.

    Comment by sabizak — April 2, 2007 @ 8:52 pm

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