“Look on my works ye mighty… “

For those of y’all who may have missed this, see January 11th’s Day by Day cartoon.

And for those of y’all whose pubschool experience didn’t include efforts at cultural literacy, read below the fold after viewing the cartoon.

Trackposted to Nuke’s, Rosemary’s Thoughts, Allie is Wired, Political Byline, Woman Honor Thyself, The World According to Carl, The Pink Flamingo, Leaning Straight Up, Wingless, and Wingless (BBC Parody, Hilarious!), thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.

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.