An appropriate poem for today's events in Baghdad

[cuchulainn]

Ozymandias

I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read,
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed,
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

-Percy Bysshe Shelley

 

[cuchulainn]

 

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[pax]

Cuchulainn,

Appropriate indeed. Thanks for reminding me of an old favorite and pointing out its relevance today.

pax

I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library. -- Jorge Luis Borges

 

[cuchulainn]

 

[gun-fucious]

 

[cool45auto]

 

[cuchulainn]

 

[Greg L]

Chopped off at the knees, appropriate indeed.

Greg

 

[Calamity Jane]

Wow, cuchulainn...I, too, was thinking of the poem "Ozymandias" as I watched the Saddam statue toppling and the Iraquis riding his big ol' noggin through the streets of Baghdad.