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Officially released on [[Dominion (single)|Dominion]] 3" CD ...<br/>
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also available on various bootlegs like [[Temple of Rarities]], [[Under The Knife]] and [[Some boys Wander By Mistake]<br/>
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The title of this song refers to ...<br/>
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== ''Ozymandias'' ==
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'''''(Percy Bysshe Shelley)'''''<br/>
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I met a traveller from an antique land<br/>
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Who said: `Two vast and trunkless legs of stone<br/>
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Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,<br/>
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Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,<br/>
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And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,<br/>
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Tell that its sculptor well those passions read<br/>
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Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,<br/>
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The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.<br/>
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And on the pedestal these words appear --<br/>
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"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:<br/>
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Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"<br/>
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Nothing beside remains. Round the decay<br/>
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Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare<br/>
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The lone and level sands stretch far away.<br/>
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For a closer discussion of these issues see ... .<br/>
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http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2825&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Revision as of 00:17, 16 October 2009

Officially released on Dominion 3" CD ...

also available on various bootlegs like Temple of Rarities, Under The Knife and [[Some boys Wander By Mistake]


The title of this song refers to ...

Ozymandias

(Percy Bysshe Shelley)

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 Ozymandias, 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.


For a closer discussion of these issues see ... .
http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2825&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0