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Ozymandias


Posted by Elizabeth Ivory

This is one of my favorite poems from my childhood… Makes one think.
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Ozymandias
by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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 shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked 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.’


Appreciation for Volunteers Quotes


Posted by Elizabeth Ivory

These quotes were shared on our church bulletin today, and I wanted to pass them along. God bless you!

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.”
Edward Everett Hale

“Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless.”
Sherry Anderson

“No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you!”
Unknown

“Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.”
David Thomas

“While earning you daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.”
Quoted in P.S. I Love You

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
Winston Churchill

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
Mark Twain

“God has not called us to see through each other, but to see each other through.”
Unknown