Read by Vincent Price
Music by Slow Meadow
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Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the most highly regarded and influential poets of the 19th century. Shelley's poem “Ozymandias” famously describes a ruined statue of an ancient king in an empty desert.

This ambiguous ode carries between its folds heaps of philosophical matters; the poet uses a shattered statue to highlight the ephemeral nature of fame, vanity and power.

Nothing lasts forever. Glory, reputation, conquests or occupations, everything will come to an end eventually.