My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

[Captain Baldy]

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.” ~ Shelley

https://youtu.be/6J14nbTsKo8

[Kapika96]

Are you high right now?

[Captain Baldy]

No I am almost at sea level. Why do you ask?

[Garatgh Deloi]

Originally posted by Kapika96:

Are you high right now?

It's the mite of nurgle.

He seems to have a more... artistic mind? (*shrugs*) then the norm.

Flowery text, admittedly nice looking screenshots, stuff like this, its all the norm for his posts.

I suggest either rolling with it (post some flowery text and screenshots of your own) or ignoring it :D.

[Amereth]

Originally posted by Kapika96:

Are you high right now?

of course he is...


you would been too if you spent as much time as he did in Nurgle fumes.

[Captain Baldy]

Originally posted by stompie5:

Originally posted by Garatgh Deloi:

It's the mite of nurgle.

He seems to have a more... artistic mind? (*shrugs*) then the norm.

Flowery text, admittedly nice looking screenshots, stuff like this, its all the norm for his posts.

The text is from a poem or short story. I forget which

Nice one for recognising Shelley’s Poetry and Prose (1977)

[Amereth]

Originally posted by a mite of Nurgle:

Originally posted by stompie5:

The text is from a poem or short story. I forget which

Nice one for recognising Shelley’s Poetry and Prose (1977)

first thing you find on google by searching Ozymandias.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias

[Garatgh Deloi]

*Shrugs* I'm rolling with it, poem about change and some Tzeentch pictures to balance the stagnation of Nurgle:

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3049202031
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3026166543

[Captain Baldy]

Originally posted by Amereth:

Originally posted by a mite of Nurgle:

Nice one for recognising Shelley’s Poetry and Prose (1977)

first thing you find on google by searching Ozymandias.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias

Yup... I slid into that one like a slimy toad, but funny nonetheless

[SBA77]

Originally posted by a mite of Nurgle:

My name is Ozymandias

You know there's a pretty great game named after you too :)

[Captain Baldy]

I had forgotten about it, even though I had learned it during my school days. It was a very pleasant surprise when David, the synthetic, recited those words in the movie "Alien Covenant." I've always had an affection for words that can vividly paint a picture and for those who skilfully wield them.

[Captain Baldy]

No I never did but a quick search indicates that I would probably enjoy it. Thank you for the heads-up my fellow gamer

[Testikles]

Originally posted by a mite of Nurgle:

I had forgotten about it, even though I had learned it during my school days. It was a very pleasant surprise when David, the synthetic, recited those words in the movie "Alien Covenant." I've always had an affection for words that can vividly paint a picture and for those who skilfully wield them. :WH3_nurgling:

The fun thing about this poem is that Shelly has never seen the statue he speaks of with his own eyes (it came to the british museum after he relocated to Italy), and that he had never been to Egypt (or else he would have known that the temple he speaks of is surrounded by greenery, not the desert). Even better, the head was not associated with Ramesses II. (Ozymandias), but with Memnon at the time of writing.

A such, the poem is a strange take on the accounts of Diodorus, spiced with a plethora of romantic clichés about ruins and the downfall of great nations. Still, a quite atmospheric read.

[Captain Baldy]

Originally posted by Testikles:

Originally posted by a mite of Nurgle:

I had forgotten about it, even though I had learned it during my school days. It was a very pleasant surprise when David, the synthetic, recited those words in the movie "Alien Covenant." I've always had an affection for words that can vividly paint a picture and for those who skilfully wield them.

The fun thing about this poem is that Shelly has never seen the statue he speaks of with his own eyes (it came to the british museum after he relocated to Italy), and that he had never been to Egypt (or else he would have known that the temple he speaks of is surrounded by greenery, not the desert). Even better, the head was not associated with Ramesses II. (Ozymandias), but with Memnon at the time of writing.

A such, the poem is a strange take on the accounts of Diodorus, spiced with a plethora of romantic clichés about ruins and the downfall of great nations. Still, a quite atmospheric read.

Youy sir, win the internet for today - take my points

[MrSoul]

Guys giving me flash backs of English classes in Uni here. Tho yes, this one in particular is first taught at highschool level.

[Siozen]

Good poem.