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November 30, 2005.

Ganges Village has a light-up evening, for the holiday season. Some years, there's a
theme, and each business decorates their windows.

Last year, it was a Victorian theme, and the creative talents of each business that
participated were inspiring!

The Island Savings Credit Union created the illusion of a Victorian town street, with
shops of the day represented in each "picture window". It deservedly won an award.

Several other businesses (the Kitchen Shop, Mouat's Home Hardware, Jill Louise Campbell
Gallery, Sharon's Home Decor, the Stone Walrus gifts, Calvin's Restaurant, the Salt Spring
Soapworks, among many others) participated, and several won awards.

This year, it's an "open" theme, and it will be interesting to see what is created.

At this darker time of year, with daylight disappearing around 4:30 p.m., on the shortest
day of the year, it's a pleasure to see the enthusiasm of each business in the Ganges town
centre, with lights and displays, and the decorated tree in the Park, plus, of course,
carols and seasonal music from the loudspeaker at the Ganges Firehall..."tis the
season"....

November 29, 2005.

This Wednesday, November 30th, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., we're lucky to have Sam Graci speak at
a free lecture. His new book, The Path to Phenomenal Health, is the subject of his
lecture.

Books are being sold through Salt Spring NatureWorks, and all book sale profits ($20 per
book), from the evening, are being donated to the Salt Spring Island Food Bank, for
Christmas.

Sam Graci notes that the book has been written on 100% recycled paper, using
bio-degradable vegetable-based inks. A portion, too, of the proceeds from the sale of the
book will be donated to a tree- planting program and to select non-profit groups, such as
the Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre on Salt Spring Island.

Don't miss this great opportunity to hear Sam Graci!

See you there!

I've just picked up a copy of a wonderful book, created by a Salt Spring Island resident.
It's called: 130 Wild Flowers of Quebec, and the paintings are all by the writer, Deborah
Stairs Rotherham.

This is a treasure, and would make a wonderful gift. Many species of these wildflowers may
no longer be with us, as the natural world seems to be under attack, in so many parts of
the world.

Apart from the beauty of the paintings, and the descriptions of the species, this
beautiful book is a repository of the natural world, for future generations.

Google Deborah, and find out how to get your copy -- along with creating the book, she's
doing the self-publishing route!

Another Salt Spring Island "gem"!

November 28, 2005.

This Wednesday, November 30th, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., we're lucky to have Sam Graci speak at
a free lecture. His new book, The Path to Phenomenal Health, is the subject of his
lecture.

Books are being sold through Salt Spring NatureWorks, and all book sale profits ($20 per
book), from the evening, are being donated to the Salt Spring Island Food Bank, for
Christmas.

Don't miss this great opportunity to hear Sam Graci!

See you there!

November 27, 2005.

"Chanson.

Quel jour sommes-nous
Nous sommes tous les jours
Mon amie
Nous sommes toute la vie
Mon amour
Nous nous aimons et nous vivons
Nous vivons et nous nous aimons
Et nous ne savons pas ce que c'est que la vie
Et nous ne savons pas ce que c'est que le jour
Et nous ne savons pas ce que c'est que l'amour."

(Jacques Prevert).

November 26, 2005.

"There are no ancients before me,
No followers behind:
Only the vastness of heaven and earth
On this mountain terrace.
Though heaven may know the ultimate,
Joy or sorrow is our own will."

(Deng Ming-Dao: "Tao...Daily Meditations").

November 25, 2005.

Late November and early December always see the craft fairs and the artist gatherings, to
showcase their work, and to sell them as holiday gift ideas.

The artistic production on Salt Spring and the Southern Gulf Islands is very professional
-- just check out ArtCraft, on Salt Spring, in the summer months, or walk the Saturday
Market in the Park, during high season, and you will see this!

Remember to leave some space, on that gift list, and check out the various venues -- Mahon
Hall, Fulford Hall, Beaver Point Hall, to name a few!

Salt Spring voted in two new Trustees, and returned the CRD incumbent, in the recent civic
election. Peter Lamb and George Ehring ran a "dual ticket", and they edged out the
incumbent Kimberly Linegar. Two school board members were returned ("Mike" Krayenhoff and
Charles Hingston), and new school board seat went to Wolfgang Temmel. The bid to have the
current library location remain "the" location, with the permission to purchase the
adjacent McColl property that houses the Loomis business, was approved.

The two new Trustees ran on a ticket of preserving the mandate of the Islands Trust (which
came into being in the mid-1970s), which was: "to preserve & protect". Although this
doesn't mean that everything will "stop", from a development perspective, it does imply
that change will be more difficult.

None of the people elected supported the possibility of re-opening a bid for a specialized
Gulf Island Municipality (the Trust would remain, but the CRD role would be taken over by
a mayor/council).

It will be interesting to see what occurs in the next three year period!

Craft Fair time is here!

* Wintercraft, at Mahon Hall, runs from November 25 to December 4th. Over 12 craft guilds
are represented, here, with work from over 100 participants on display!

* Christmas Craft Fair 2005 is on at Beaver Point Hall from Dec. 2 to Dec. 4th.

* Blue Horse Folk Art Gallery is hosting a display of several artists, at their Gallery on
North View Drive, on Dec. 4th.

* Thunderbird Gallery is exhibiting jewellery designer Penny Berton on Nov. 25 & Nov. 26.

* Denys James is showcasing his ceramic work at his Gallery at 182 Welbury Drive, on Nov.
26 & 27th.

* Lots more going on, in both Ganges Village and in Fulford Village, plus at individual
artist's home galleries.

Check it out!

November 24, 2005.

RE/MAX was founded in 1973, by Dave and Gail Linegar, in Denver, Colorado, and there was
only one office.

Today, there are over 100,000 sales associates, world-wide, and offices in several
countries.

RE/MAX has the most recognized logos and trademarks in Real Estate.

In August, 2005, RE/MAX International came to Salt Spring Island, and did a video shoot of
a "day in the life of Li Read", as a part of the RE/MAX International Renowned Properties
programme. This was distilled into a half hour segment, which has since aired on the
RE/MAX Satellite Network, which is viewed in every office, in the global RE/MAX system.

It was great fun, and very interesting to see how Salt Spring Island's secondary home
marketplace and non-local buyer profile meant that some options, open to other sales
associates, in other areas, aren't useful to me. Nevertheless, "necessity is the mother of
invention", and it was very nice to be able to share my ideas, in servicing the luxury
market segment on Salt Spring & the Southern Gulf Islands. Other realtors, in similar
areas, might have benefitted from some of my suggestions.

The bottom line, though? No matter the buyer or seller profile, or the area, the
successful connections are always about good customer service, and it's simply about
"plain old-fashioned good business practices".

There's nothing new under the sun, really, just new methods of doing what is important --
putting the customer first!

November 23, 2005.

Seven tips for successful renovations:

1. Choose a contractor who can provide references, and check out same. "Referrals" from
friends, family, and from neighbours can help out, here. Also, check with homebuilder and
renovation associations, including building supply stores, municipal building departments,
and don't forget the Yellow Pages and the Internet.

2. Paint. Painting can be a very cost effective way to add value to your home.

3. Painting over oil. You can paint over oil or alkyd paint with latex paint. Clean the
walls, though, and paint with a super adherent acrylic primer, then apply the latex paint.
Do some test patch applications, first!

4. Flooring. Remember to "go green". Some types of flooring and installation materials can
emit chemical odours (glues and sealers can be the culprits). Off-gassing, the name for
this, can affect people with allergies. Choose flooring with the lowest emissions
possible.

5. Bathroom. A new bathroom is a great way to add value to a home. Hire a professional
renovator for this job!

6. Professional or DIY? Thorough cleaning, including of basements, can be DIY, as special
skills aren't required. For anything requiring a skill set, hire a professional -- you'll
save, in the end!

7. Additons. Definitely hire a professional to manage an addition project, and for
structural and finish work. Remember to obtain all permits, get written contracts that
describe all aspects of the job, including lien protection. Ensure that workers use safe
working practices, are covered by worker's compensation and have their licences, where
required.

(From the RE/MAX "Smart Renovator" brochure).

A copy? See Li!

November 22, 2005.

"Bears

Wonderful bears that walked my room all night,
Where are you gone, your sleek and fairy fur,
Your eyes' veiled imperious light?

Brown bears as rich as mocha or as musk,
White opalescent bears whose fur stood out
Electric in the deepening dusk.

And great black bears who seemed more blue than black,
More violet than blue against the dark --
Where are you now? upon what track

Mutter your muffled paws, that used to tread
So softly, surely, up the creakless stair
While I lay listening in bed?

When did I lose you? whose have you become?
Why do I wait and wait and never hear
Your thick nocturnal pacing in my room?
My bears, who keeps you now, in pride and fear?"

(Adrienne Cecile Rich)

November 21, 2005.

"The Nature of an Action.

Here is a room with heavy-footed chairs,
A glass bell loaded with wax grapes and pears,

A polished table, holding down the look
Of bracket, mantelpiece, and marbled book.

Staying within the cluttered square of fact,
I cannot slip the clumsy fond contact:

So step into the corridor and start,
Directed by the compass of my heart.

Although the narrow corridor appears
So short, the journey took me twenty years.

Each gesture that my habit taught me fell
Down to the boards and made me an obstacle.

I paused to watch the fly marks on a shelf,
And found the great obstruction of myself.

I reached the end but, pacing back and forth,
I could not see what reaching it was worth.

In corridors the rooms are undefined:
I groped to feel a handle in the mind.

Testing my faculties I found a stealth
Of passive illness lurking in my health.

And though I saw the corridor stretch bare,
Dusty, and hard, I doubted it was there;

Doubted myself, what final evidence
Lay in perceptions or in common sense?

III

My cause lay in the will, that opens straight
Upon an act for the most desperate.

That simple handle found, I entered in
The other room, where I had never been.

I found within it heavy-footed chairs,
A glass bell loaded with wax grapes and pears.

A polished table, holding down the look
Of bracket, mantelpiece, and marbled book.

Much like the first, this room in which I went,
Only my being there is different."

(Thom Gunn).

November 20, 2005.

Sellers of property on Salt Spring are usually making a large lifestyle change.

Perhaps they retired, at a much earlier point in time, and are now needing to turn their
attention to assisted living options, or to move closer to children/grandchildren.

Perhaps they've decided to return to school, now that the kids are grown up, and so
there's a decision to capitalize on an asset, and to move closer to a college or to a
university.

Sometimes it's life altering events, such as a divorce or a death.

Once in awhile, it's a decision to move to an entirely different country, as there is a
craving for a total change -- whatever the reason, it's always about recognizing a point
in one's life, where the status quo will no longer work, and so the decision to sell and
to move is taken.

On Salt Spring Island, over the past 5 year period, the buyer profile has evolved into an
out of province purchaser.

Buyers from all over the U.S. have arrived on Island, some with landed immigrant status,
and some with a six months here/six months back in a U.S. home "scenario".

If a Canadian buyer, then, in the main, it's someone from Alberta, with smatterings from
Ontario, and other Prairie provinces.

Vancouver/Lower Mainland buyers are scarcer, as Salt Spring is seen as an "even" move,
and, when people sell out of the cities, they are sometimes looking to buy down, not to
make an even/sideways move, price-wise.

On the Outer Islands (the Southern Gulf Islands choices of Pender, Saturna, Mayne, &
Galiano), it can still be a summer resident from Vancouver or from Victoria, although even
this is changing quickly.

Salt Spring's year round lifestyle is the attractor for a buyer looking for that
rural/community atmosphere, without necessarily moving to a complete "backwater" area.
Everything is "here", on Salt Spring, for that year round enjoyment, and the Islands
Trust's zoning/density controls have protected its charm from overdevelopment. Such
density/growth controls also create a more expensive marketplace, though, as the old rules
of "supply and demand" come into play.

When an owner decides to sell, however, they can become impatient!

When the buyer lives "elsewhere", they have to get here, and, when they do, they also have
to visit the Island more than once, in most cases, just to "be sure" which area they like,
what kind of property they would like to own, etc.

Lots of questions, and it usually takes two to three visits to answer them all, to the
buyers satisfaction.

The seller's job, then, is to present well, and to be patient. The realtor's job is to
present in the larger sphere, not just "locally", as there is no "local buyer".

Salt Spring has become a secondary marketplace, & is not a primary residence marketplace
-- as such, this more resort oriented rhythm has its own dynamics.

Seller patience is a large part of the successful sales equation, today!

November 19, 2005.

"In the Night.

Out of my window late at night I gape
And see the stars but do not watch them really,
And hear the trains but do not listen clearly;
Inside my mind I turn about to keep
Myself awake, yet am not there entirely,
Something of me is out in the dark landscape.

How much am I then what I think, how much what I feel?
How much the eye that seems to keep stars straight?
Do I control what I can contemplate
Or is it my vision that's amenable?
I turn in my mind, my mind is a room whose wall
I can see the top of but never completely scale.

All that I love is, like the night, outside,
Good to be gazed at, looking as if it could
With a simple gesture be brought inside my head
Or in my heart. But my thoughts about it divide
Me from my object. Now deep in my bed
I turn and the world turns on the other side."

(Elizabeth Jennings)

November 18, 2005.

Lots of talented people on Salt Spring Island!

Two of them are Mona Fertig (a wonderful Canadian poet, and the creator, with her husband,
Peter Haase, of Mothertongue Press).

They've just launched a new Island Poets chapbook series, including:

dakini dreams by Nadine Shelly Distance from the Locus by Murray Reiss Blue Notes by
Shirley Graham

Cover linocuts by Peter Haase, covers letterpressed and blind embossed on a 100 year old C
& P Platen press. Endpapers, handmade 100% deckled cotton with pieces of summer seaweed,
dried arbutus & wasp nest, harvested on Salt Spring Island, poetry chapbooks handsewn,
signed and numbered, limited edition of 125 ea. Books designed, edited and constructed by
Mona Fertig.

Contact Mona at: mona@mothertonguepress.com for more details (books: $20 each).

Enjoy!

November 17, 2005.

"...........Time past and time future
Allow but a little consciousness.
To be conscious is not to be in time
But only in time can the moment in the rose-garden,
The moment in the arbour where the rain beat,
The moment in the draughty church at smokefall
Be remembered; involved with past and future,
Only through time is time conquered."

(T.S. Eliot -- "Burnt Norton").

November 15, 2005.

"Anyone can sympathize
with the sufferings of a friend;
it requires a very fine
nature to sympathize with
a friend's success."

(Oscar Wilde).

November 14, 2005.

A modernist at heart?

If so, you'll want to check out some of the beautiful examples of handcrafted wood
furniture, at the Salt Spring Woodworks (owned and showcased by Celia Duthie and Nick
Hunt). "Fine and Decorative Arts in Wood", is the logo on their beautifully done brochure.
This is a "show stopper" place, and you will be amazed at the fineness of the product and
the variety of same. You can reach Celia and Nick at 250-537-9606 or, if you're on Salt
Spring Island, drop by their studio at 125 Churchill Road.

Looking for that "special something" for that "special place"? Then Houseboat is for you.
With two locations, one on Salt Spring Island, on Hereford Street, in the "seaside"
village of Ganges, and one in Oak Bay, on Newport Avenue, across from Windsor Park, the
eclectic style of owners Tom Hoff and Ron Aird are exactly what you're looking for!

Their own home, on Salt Spring, has been featured in Boulevard Magazine and in Canadian
Style and Home magazine.

Their "Houseboat" stores are full of the special and the unique. Call Tom at:
250-538-1975. (They offer a design service, too!).

The Salt Spring Soapworks is a place to be for specialty gifts and unique soaps and
natural oils. Follow the bubbles to their door, in the "seaside" village of Ganges.
250-537-2811.

Mouat's Clothing Store is a "winner" for clothes and accessories, some with a definite
Island flavour, and many with a global impact! (What about those handpainted boots?).
250-537-5551.

Many more "specialty shops", for your browsing pleasure!

November 13, 2005.

Looking for a dependable, reliable and local carpenter to turn your new home into your
dream home? Call David McLeod of GEO Contracting, Inc., on Salt Spring Island! With over
30 years experience on the Islands and on the Mainland. For all of your contracting needs,
contact David at: 250-537-8568 (or, cell: 250- 886-0947).

I've called David, and been very pleased with his work!

Looking for a great house cleaner? Call Susan Cassidy at 250- 537-5031. Another Salt
Spring Island "treasure"!

Looking for some landscaping/garden design services?

Here's some options, for your consideration:

* Copeland Landscaping at: 250-537-8783.

* Hallman Landscape Associates Ltd. at: 250-537-9316.

* Sue Beckley Garden Design, at: 250-653-9267.

* Andrew Lewis, Landscape, Design, and Contracting, at: 250-653- 4770.

* Gardens Plus, at: 250-537-4970.

* Garden Faire Landscaping, at: 250-537-4345.

Some favourites of yours??? Pass along the names and numbers, for your Salt Spring Island
choices!

November 12, 2005.

Salt Spring is electing two Trustees and one CRD (Capital Regional Director) at the end of
this month. Each Gulf Island is represented by two Trustees, and one CRD person, elected
for their term of office.

Salt Spring is an unincorporated area; the Trustees oversee the Trust bylaws and the CRD
director oversees items such as building permits, bylaw infractions, health dept. (septic)
concerns, etc. (in other words, the things normally looked after by a municipal structure,
such as a mayor & council).

Many people are apathetic at the Civic level, and such elections don't always call forth
the electorate.

It's important to execute one's civic duty -- in many countries, the citizens have no
voice. It is a validation of freedom, to be able to cast a vote.

Attend the all candidates meetings, ask questions, talk to your neighbours, be certain of
the facts as presented, and make sure that you cast your ballot!

A single voice can change the world.

Think of Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat, on a bus, and helped to create the
Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Think of Ghandi and his policy of non-violent protest;
he helped to create a country.

The very least we can do is to be informed, and to vote, and thus to help to create the
community we want.

It is our responsibility to our Salt Spring Island community. Be active!

November 11, 2005.

Today, at 11 a.m., we will observe in the Park, in Ganges Village, this Remembrance Day's
two minutes of silence.

The Islanders gather year after year, in remembrance of Salt Spring residents who served
their country, in various wars.

It is a moving ceremony, in any community.

A relative of mine was killed at Festubert, in France, in World War 1, and I wonder
sometimes how things would have worked out, in my family tree, if his son hadn't been left
fatherless, at age four.

If...it's a big word, full of regret and longing. If only....

It is a duty to remember all sacrifice, even if one is lucky enough not to have been
affected, in one's own immediate circle.

History is a collection of personal experiences, not some distant story. Those who do not
pay attention to history's lessons are doomed to relive same.

On this Remembrance Day, it is good to pause and to be thankful for those who stepped to
the plate, when history delivered its test to them. We are all the recipients of their
bravery and selfless actions.

A Canadian, John Masefield, wrote a famous poem, in the trenches of World War 1, and it
still serves as a haunting reminder of youth and the oblivion that war delivers.

"In Flanders fields....".

A search for peace, though elusive, is not an impossible quest; it is the only quest.

"Song

When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady Cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.

I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget."

(Christina Rossetti).

November 10, 2005.

"Qui possede quoi?

Qui possede quoi dans ces enclos? A qui est-ce
la montagne investie jusqu'au sommet,
les murs patients, les bles jaunes, les amandiers?
Serait-ce a toi, a toi, ce beau domaine,
la maison, la piece d'eau precieuse,
l'enfant qui crie sur la pelouse?
Ah, qui saura retenir entre ses mains
les murs qui tombent, la fleur immuable,
les heritages demembres, les puits taris?
Des familles eteintes qui lira les noms
sur la mousse des tombes oubliees?
Et le vent, les rochers, et la mort, a qui est-ce?"

(Andre Frenaud).

November 8, 2005.

I love poetry. To read an image, an emotion, a thought...it can transform, sadden, elate.

From time to time, I will share some favourites -- please email yours!

Thanks!

November 7, 2005.

" Salute

Past is past, and if one
remembers what one meant
to do and never did, is
not to have thought to do
enough? Like that gather-
ing of one of each I
planned, to gather one
of each kind of clover,
daisy, paintbrush that
grew in that field
the cabin stood in and
study them one afternoon
before they wilted. Past
is past. I salute
that various field."

(James Schuyler, 1951).

November 6, 2005.

Maybe there isn't a road map, yet, for the Twenty-First Century, but the interpretation of
the current "surround sound" of these days is skillfully presented by Tom Friedman in his
latest book: The World is Flat.

If you haven't read it, yet, do so!

November 5, 2005.

We're lucky on Salt Spring -- we have energetic and enthusiastic chef/owners of several
excellent restaurants, all spoiling us with "special menu" days (regular menu is always
available, too, but there are these "theme" moments!).

Right now, Calvin's Restaurant is offering Greek Week. Their next two week "theme" is
French cooking delights (reservations recommended!).

Something nice to beguile away those late Fall evenings! Call a friend, and go enjoy!

November 4, 2005.

Hope you're enjoying the various "snippets" in this "Li's RealTalk" section of my website.

I enjoy my career in real estate sales, on these special Gulf Islands. Based on Salt
Spring, and working at the busiest office on the Islands, I also have listings on Galiano,
Pender, and on Mayne Island, and look forward to answering your inquiries about the other
Islands, too.

If you aren't already working with a realtor, on Salt Spring or the Southern Gulf Islands,
and are interested in more information, please contact me.

If you arrive on Salt Spring, please ask for me (by name!), too.

I just need 48 hours notice, re showings -- this is to make sure that we can get in to
view any tenanted properties (the B.C. Tenancy Act requires due notice to tenants in
houses for sale).

Also, it's very important to me that my buyer clientele "sees it all", so that they can
make that all important "informed decision".

My job is to act as a clean and shiny pipe between a buyer and a seller, and not to "edit"
for you, the buyer.

I have access to all listings, from all companies, of course, as we work under the mls
system, here.

I will make sure that you "see it all", in your preferred price point/category of
property, and that you will clearly understand the market trends, in this area, before you
would offer on any property.

Look forward to working with you!

November 3, 2005.

Want to visit some other Gulf Islands? Check out the B.C. Ferries online schedule
information, and decide which Island and what time works for you.

All of the Southern Gulf Islands are beautiful and each has its special "charm".

At the moment, one might see them as more "summer/weekender" options, as their year round
lifestyle opportunities are not as developed as that seen on Salt Spring Island.

(Remember: the Islands Trust designated Salt Spring to be the one with the amenities and
the year round community lifestyle, back in the mid-1970s, and all of the growth is
controlled, on all of the Islands, based on the zoning/density controls set in place, as
bylaws, back in the 70s.

All of the Islands, then, are effectively "as they will always be", with the exception of
a very few strata resort type zonings, as one drives around them, today. The Trust's
"preserve & protect" mandate, then, was for the benefit of all B.C.).

Along with the B.C. Ferries, one has the choice of floatplane schedules (sometimes these
would be as charter flights, though, to the other Islands -- you need to check with Salt
Spring Air, Seair, or Harbour Air).

There's also the fishing charters, who do Harbour tours and sometimes take tourists to
other Islands, for day trip viewings. Check at the marinas for names of same.

The water taxi service, based on Salt Spring, also takes foot passengers to the other
Islands, sometimes on regular scheduled runs, and sometimes as special charters.

See Li for more details!

When you live on a Gulf Island, of course, it's great to have a boat, too. The sea is just
a highway, and, in a private boat, the Islands are just minutes apart! Enjoy!

November 2, 2005.

The Twenty-First Century is with us, and most of us still don't have the right road map
for it.

Uncertainty is one of the billboards on this highway; uncertainty can bring with it the
stress of the unknown, the fear that lack of knowledge can breed.

To trust in one's imagination, rather than in a rule-book of past certainties, is not
easy.

To dream, though, is to imagine...to imagine is to create...to create is to discover and
to soar.

To imagine and to dream, there also has to be trust...in oneself, in one's family, in
one's friends, in one's co-workers, in one's society.

It's a two-way street.

November 1, 2005.

Did anyone ever say it better?

"Ozymandias

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."

(Percy Bysshe Shelley).