More from Shelley as Egypt Pundit
Shelley had, of course, more to say about the situation in Egypt today. Most famously, he wrote the following sonnet in praise of Hosni Mubarak:
Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert.
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Shelley had, of course, more to say about the situation in Egypt today. Most famously, he wrote the following sonnet in praise of Hosni Mubarak:
Ozymandias 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."
Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.
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