Percy Bysshe Shelleys famous sonnet Ozymandias, first published in 1818, tells the story of a traveller in the desolate Egyptian desert who comes upon a broken statue of King Rameses II, who the Greeks called Ozymandias. What remained of this pharaohs statue were two huge stone legs and, half sunk in the sand, a shattered face with, the poem says, a frown, and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command.
Shelley continues: And on the pedestal these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Fast-forward to March 20 2016 in South Africa. Sunday newspapers and, indeed, all other media, are replete with …
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