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Quotation from Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

“The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:”

Percy Bysshe Shelley (spoken by The traveller)

Ozymandias, Line 8 (The Examiner, 1818; Hutchinson (1914))

Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley

The sculptor's hand imitated and scorned the passions that the king's heart nourished.

Citation: "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:" — Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias, Line 8 (The Examiner, 1818; Hutchinson (1914)). (id ozymandias-q3)

Portrait: Ozymandias The Examiner 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley., Public domain.

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