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class="tal vam bl"><span style="color:#555;"><i class="far fa-eye"></i> 4,144 Views</span><div class="p-added">added by <strong>anonymous</strong><br>13 years ago</div></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="29194" data-title="ozymandias" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam"><h5 class="flex-title"><a href="/poem/29052/death-is-here-and-death-is-there">Death Is Here And Death Is There</a></h5><ul class="genres-list"><li><a href="genre/Death">Death</a></li><li><a href="genre/Love">Love</a></li><li><a href="genre/Melancholy">Melancholy</a></li></ul></td><td class="tal vam bl"><span style="color:#555;"><i class="far fa-eye"></i> 2,735 Views</span><div class="p-added">added by <strong>anonymous</strong><br>13 years ago</div></td><td class="tal 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alt="donka_k" loading="lazy" /></a></div></div><div class="col-xs-10 col-sm-11"><div class="cmt-user"><a href="/user/30053/donka_k" target="_blank" title="donka_k">donka_k</a></div><div class="cmt-comment"><div class="cmt-message">It is not Shelly's personal life or activities to be impressed with but his poetry that stands apart as rich, visionary, moving.</div></div><div class="cmt-actions"><span><span class="cmt-like">Like</span></span><span><span class="cmt-reply" title="Reply">Reply</span></span><span><span title="Report as spam" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#cmt-report-modal" class="cmt-report small"><i class="fa-flag fas"></i></span></span><span class="cmt-likes" data-count="0"></span><span class="cmt-added">2 years ago</span></div></div></div><ul class="cmt-replies" data-src="110616"><li><div id="comment-110699" class="comment clearfix" data-id="110699" data-ts="1674420008" data-parent="110616"><div class="col-xs-2 col-sm-1 no-padding"><div class="cmt-avatar"><a href="/user/276258/dougb.72572" target="_blank" title="dougb.72572"><img src="https://static.stands4.com/images/user/276258" title="dougb.72572" alt="dougb.72572" loading="lazy" /></a></div></div><div class="col-xs-10 col-sm-11"><div class="cmt-user"><a href="/user/276258/dougb.72572" target="_blank" title="dougb.72572">dougb.72572</a></div><div class="cmt-comment"><div class="cmt-message">poetry must issue in a heartfelt process. His heart was bold and inquisitive, but it issued either bitter fluids or hypocrisy. Compare the outflow with that of Longfellow or James Whitcomb Riley… Douglas <span id="cmt-more-110699" class="collapse cmt-collapse">Blair</span> <a class="cmt-more-link" data-toggle="collapse" href="#cmt-more-110699" role="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="cmt-more-110699">more »</a></div></div><div class="cmt-actions"><span><span class="cmt-like">Like</span></span><span><span class="cmt-reply" title="Reply">Reply</span></span><span><span title="Report as spam" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#cmt-report-modal" class="cmt-report small"><i class="fa-flag fas"></i></span></span><span class="cmt-likes" data-count="0"></span><span class="cmt-added">2 years ago</span></div></div></div></li></ul></li><li><div id="comment-110603" class="comment clearfix" data-id="110603" data-ts="1674300184"><div class="col-xs-2 col-sm-1 no-padding"><div class="cmt-avatar"><a href="/user/276258/dougb.72572" target="_blank" title="dougb.72572"><img src="https://static.stands4.com/images/user/276258" title="dougb.72572" alt="dougb.72572" loading="lazy" /></a></div></div><div class="col-xs-10 col-sm-11"><div class="cmt-user"><a href="/user/276258/dougb.72572" target="_blank" title="dougb.72572">dougb.72572</a></div><div class="cmt-comment"><div class="cmt-message">If I am to read the film accounts correctly, or the writings of wife Mary Shelley, Percy was a womanizer, godless, shiftless with money, dishonest. Something far outside his ken must have birthed Ozymandias <span id="cmt-more-110603" class="collapse cmt-collapse">and Ode to a Skylark…Douglas Blair…note that Mary Shelley wrote the story Frankenstein.</span> <a class="cmt-more-link" data-toggle="collapse" href="#cmt-more-110603" role="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="cmt-more-110603">more »</a></div></div><div class="cmt-actions"><span><span class="cmt-like">Like</span></span><span><span class="cmt-reply" title="Reply">Reply</span></span><span><span title="Report as spam" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#cmt-report-modal" class="cmt-report small"><i class="fa-flag fas"></i></span></span><span class="cmt-likes" data-count="0"></span><span class="cmt-added">2 years ago</span></div></div></div></li></ul> </div>  <div class="modal fade" id="cmt-report-modal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="cmt-report-label" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> 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