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Quotation from Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

Percy Bysshe Shelley (spoken by The traveller)

Ozymandias, Lines 12-14 (The Examiner, 1818; Hutchinson (1914))

Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley

The answer to the inscription: only empty desert surrounds the ruin.

Citation: "Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away." — Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias, Lines 12-14 (The Examiner, 1818; Hutchinson (1914)). (id ozymandias-q5)

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

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