And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Ozymandias - Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
A classic work, for sure, but I can't help but think of Charlton Heston, those "damn dirty apes," and the Statue of Liberty. Most fervent apologies to Ms Shelley.
From Percy Bysshe Shelley’s 1818 poem “Ozymandias."
ReplyDeleteA classic work, for sure, but I can't help but think of Charlton Heston, those "damn dirty apes," and the Statue of Liberty.
ReplyDeleteMost fervent apologies to Ms Shelley.
Good thing Ozymandias was a king. With a name like that I can't imagine he scored big with the ladies at the bar.
ReplyDeleteMy son came back from his first semester away at college and asked me if I ever read Ozymandias. My response: "I met a traveler from an antique land".
ReplyDeleteMy wife’s bf is a fan of ozymandias. He’s a big dork
ReplyDeleteThe only poem that I have a general recall of decades after high school.
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