“Ozymandias“ by Percy Bysshe Shelley (read by Tom O’Bedlam)

A reading of Shelley’s sonnet which illustrates that “All things sublunary are subject to change“ (Dryden) Here’s a later reading done with better equipment Here’s Vincent Price’s reading Pronunciation: In my opinion the accent should be on the next to last syllable, as in Tutankhamen or Amenhotep - otherwise the line is awkward and doesn’t scan. Shelley’s friend Horace Smith also wrote a poem of the same name. You c