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Ozymandias

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Ozymandias is a poem which tells about the inevitable decline of power and fall of empires. Nothing last forever. Understand this ancient wisdom and universal fact that one has to die no matter how great they are.

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Shelley's work was not widely read in his lifetime outside a small circle of friends, poets and critics. Most of his poetry, drama and fiction was published in editions of 250 copies which generally s...

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