Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a poem that reflects on the inevitable decline of all great empires. It tells the story of a traveler who encounters the ruins of a once-great statue of a forgotten king, Ozymandias. Through the poem,
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"Ozymandias" is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, first published in the 11 January 1818 issue of The Examiner of London.