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On art: Today is the birthday of German Expressionist artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945). She specialized in woodcuts depicting the suffering of ordinary people after the First World War with the anti-war message of Krieg Nie Wieder (never again war).
On poetry: British poet Percy Bysshe Shelley died on this day in 1822. His poem Ozymandias remains a warning to the power seekers:
On poetry: British poet Percy Bysshe Shelley died on this day in 1822. His poem Ozymandias remains a warning to the power seekers:
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.
"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.
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