Edward Vining Stalking Cougar
Posted on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Pike’s Peak is the light area at the top of the Cougar’s left paw.
Edward Vining, author of An Inglorius Columbus 1885, was a major contributor to the research on ancient Asian Trans Pacific travel.
On a Stupendous Leg (FACE) of Granite, Discovered Standing by Itself in the Desert of Egypt, with the Inscription Inserted
Published February 1, 1818 in Sonnet Competition with Shelley
In Egypt’s sandy silence, all alone,
Stands a gigantic Leg (FACE), which far off throws
The only shadow that the Desart knows: —
“I am great OZYMANDIAS,” saith the stone,
“The King of Kings; this mighty City shows
“The wonders of my hand.” — The City’s gone, —
Nought but the Leg (FACE) remaining to disclose
The site of this forgotten Babylon.
We wonder, — and some Hunter may express
Wonder like ours, when thro’ the wilderness
Where London stood, holding the Wolf in chace,
He meets some fragments huge, and stops to guess
What powerful but unrecorded race
Once dwelt in that annihilated place.
Horace Smith (1779-1849)
Stockbroker/Poet
Friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Beak of the 10th Sun Raven STILL GLOWS!
