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Quotation from Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

“‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’”

Percy Bysshe Shelley (spoken by Ozymandias (inscription))

Ozymandias, Lines 10-11 (The Examiner, 1818; Hutchinson (1914))

Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley

The boast carved on the pedestal, which the following lines turn into irony.

Citation: "‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’" — Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias, Lines 10-11 (The Examiner, 1818; Hutchinson (1914)). (id ozymandias-q4)

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

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