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Ozymandias by PB Shelley

FULL TEXT OF THIS POEM I met a traveller from an antique land,Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,Half sunk a shattered visage… 

When the Lamp is Shattered by PB Shelley

IWhen the lamp is shatteredThe light in the dust lies dead— When the cloud is scatteredThe rainbow’s glory is shed. When the lute is broken,Sweet tones are remembered not; When the lips have spoken,Loved accents…