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Subject: RAMESES II, KING OF EGYPT
Matches Found: 5

OZYMANDIAS, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: I met a traveler from an antique land
Last Line: The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Variant Title(s): Ozymandias Of Egypt
Subject(s): Death; Decay; Deserts; Egypt; Fame; Food & Eating; Pride; Rameses Ii, King Of Egypt; Ruins; Statues; Time; Transience; Vanity; Dead, The; Rot; Decadence; Reputation; Self-esteem; Self-respect; Impermanence


OZYMANDIAS, by HORACE SMITH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In egypt's sandy silence, all alone
Last Line: Once dwelt in that annihilated place.
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Horatio
Variant Title(s): On A Stupendous Leg Of Granite
Subject(s): Egypt; Rameses Ii, King Of Egypt; Ruins; Statues; Transience; Vanity; Impermanence


RAMESES WORSHIPS RAMESES AT ABU SIMBEL, by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR    Poem Text                    
First Line: Of all the gods I understand thee least
Last Line: The final beauty death has wrought on mine.
Subject(s): Abu Simbel, Egypt; Mythology - Egyptian; Rameses Ii, King Of Egypt; Temples; Mosques


THE BALLAD OF KING RAMESES, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: King rameses marched to the northward, to the
Last Line: It lighted the field, and in kadesh was nowhere to tread for the slain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Rameses Ii, King Of Egypt


THE HERETIC IN THE TEMPLE, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Lone did I go within the ancient place
Last Line: Across the world, in its death-seeking quest.
Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Egypt; History; Rameses Ii, King Of Egypt; Temples; Historians; Mosques