The “King of Kings” is now lost to the sands of time. The poem Ozymandias was written in the year eighteen-eighteen by Percy Bysshe Shelly. This poem was about Ramesses II, or Ramesses the Great, he was the greatest pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire, which fell in due time. The author wrote this sonnet with the message that Legacy will forever outlast a man. This is outlined in four different ways. Meeting a “Traveller from an ancient land” sounds like he is trying to say that this moment in the poem is long before his and the audience's. Ramesses II lived from twelve seventy-nine BC to twelve thirteen BC, well before the years from seventeen ninety-two AD to eighteen twenty-two AD, this is the period in which Percy Shelley lived. Comparing these years with the years around AD one thousand nine hundred and thirty and AD two thousand thirteen, these years are very distant from those of the author and those to whom this book is addressed. Although this man was long before his time many readers still thought he seemed dead and gone, but he still had something to talk about after all these years. Such a great man, reduced to ruins, but still revered as one of the greatest leaders of all time. This man seems timeless, as well as a man who “who nevertheless survives” (Shelley, line 7). The beginning of line seven of the sonnet predicts that the future will be known forever. I think Shelley was trying to portray the idea that those who survive the test of time, in terms of history, are much better than those who are a flash in the pan. Ramesses II was a man of greatness and is still one of the most important leaders in history. Ramesses, according to the Encyclopedia of Ancient History, caused "...widespread panic that the world would end in death...... middle of paper...." Ancient Egypt - Ramesses II. Ancient Egypt and Archaeology, January 3, 2013. Web. December 10, 2013. Mark, Joshua J. “Ramesses II.” Encyclopedia of Ancient History, 2 September 2009. Web 08 December 2013. "Percy Bysshe Shelley". Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, 2013. Web. 9 December 2013. "Ramesses II." 7.16pm. Bible Hub, 2013. Web. 10 December 2013. .Shelley, Percy Bysshe. 2013. .