▲ 318 ▼ [OC] The idol of a foreign religion (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/pics@lemmy.world 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] remer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Buc-ee, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.” — Percy Shelley, "Buc-ee’s", 1819 edition permalink fedilink source parent
[–] remer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Buc-ee, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.” — Percy Shelley, "Buc-ee’s", 1819 edition permalink fedilink source parent