Ozymandias of Egypt
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many Librivox volunteers as possible!
This week's poem can be found at: http://www.bartleby.com/41/515.html
More information on this week?s poem can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias
Thanks to Plum Hill for suggesting this poem.
Begin by reading the abbreviated LibriVox disclaimer:
Adding, if you wish, date, location, or your personal url.Ozymandias of Egypt by Percy Bysshe Shelley, read for LibriVox.org by [your name]
Then the poem:
At the End say:
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 shatter?d visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp?d on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock?d 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.
End of poem. (Optionally add: This recording is in the public domain)
Please leave a few seconds of silence at the end of your recording.
Save your recording as an mp3 file using the following filename and ID3 tag format:
File name ? all in lowercase: ozymandias_of_egypt_shelley_[your initials].mp3
ID-3 tags:
Title: Ozymandias of Egypt - Read by [your initials]
Artist: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Album: LibriVox Weekly Poetry
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Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44100 kHz
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http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
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http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/NewbieGuideToRecording
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If you wish to contribute, please have your readings submitted by 11:59 P.M. Saturday, August 26.
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