"Ozymandias" - Percy Bysshe Shelley

I just love the way the speaker reads these poems on this site. I've bookmarked it and will listen to more as time allows in my free time. His voice is wonderful, and the feeling he puts into the reading is fabulous. This poem has a touch of irony in it. This great king, Ozymandias, long ago had a statue built warning the mighty to despair once they see his works. Yet years later, time and nature has destroyed all but his legs of the statue.

"Ozymandias." Narrated by anonymous speaker. Online audio clip. Classic Poetry Aloud. http://classicpoetryaloud.podomatic.com. Accessed 3 May 2012.