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Ozymandias (Smith)
Sonnet written by Horace Smith
Sonnet written by Horace Smith
"Ozymandias" ( OZ-im-AN-dee-əs) is the title of a sonnet published in 1818 by Horace Smith (1779–1849). Smith wrote the poem in friendly competition with his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley wrote and published "Ozymandias" in 1818. Smith's poem was published in The Examiner three weeks after Shelley's, on 1 February 1818. It explores the fates of history and the ravages of time.
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