The ravages of time …

Wondrous is this foundation – the fates have brokenand shattered this city; the work of giants crumbles.The roofs are ruined, the towers toppled,frost in the mortar has broken the gate,torn and worn and shorn by the storm, eaten through with age. The earth’s graspholds the builders, rotten, forgotten,the hard grip of the ground, until a hundredgenerations of men are gone. This wall, rust-stainedand covered with moss, has seen one kingdom after another, stood in the storm, steep and tall, then tumbled.The foundation remains, felled by the weather,it fell…..grimly ground up ….……cleverly created….…… a crust of mud surrounded …….. put together a swiftand subtle system of rings; one of great wisdomwondrously bound the braces together with wires TAKEN FROM EXETER

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The Ruins

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles west of Amesbury and 8 miles north of Salisbury. The stones of Stonehenge have endured centuries of weathering and erosion. “Stonehenge” was built between roughly 5,000 and 4,000 years ago .

‘The strongest of all warriors are these two -- Time and Patience.’

In Egypt's sandy silence, all alone,Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throwsThe only shadow that the Desert 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 remaining to discloseThe site of this forgotten Babylon.

We wonder,—and some Hunter may expressWonder like ours, when thro' the wildernessWhere London stood, holding the Wolf in chace,He meets some fragment huge, and stops to guessWhat powerful but unrecorded raceOnce dwelt in that annihilated place. By Horace Smith

Ozymandias was an alternative name for the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II. He had erected his massive Egyptian statue and quoted in its inscription: "King of Kings Ozymandias am I. If any want to know how great I am and where I lie, let him outdo me in my work.“The statue is now in ruins.

‘Cities , Thrones and PowersStand in time’s eyeAlmost as long as flowersWhich daily die.’

The slain fell on all sides, plague-days came,and death destroyed all the brave swordsmen; the seats of their idols became empty wasteland,the city crumbled,its re-builders collapsedbeside their shrines - the ruins , Exeter

Also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre , the Colloseum is an

elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. It is situated just east of the Roman

Forum. It’s Construction began under the emperor Vespasian in 70

AD, and was completed in 80 AD under his successor and heir Titus.

Although in the 21st century it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers,

the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome.

‘Time brings an end to everything. We should not mistake for a tragedy what is no more than the passage of time.’ ~Robert Brault"Or is it your reputation that's bothering you? But look at how soon we're all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of those applauding hands. The people who praise us; how capricious they are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region it takes place. The whole earth a point in space - and most of it uninhabited." -Marcus Aurelius

‘Yesterday I returned to the beachOnce again to gather memorieslooking for a dreamHappy moments were spent theremoments to be cherished Gathering shells for our collections,whispered secrets,Laughing leaving footprints in the sandToday as I wander backonly one set of footprints remain

The other lost foreverin the sands of time.’ -by Heather Burns

Sands of Time

• It is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is believed the pyramid was built as a tomb for Fourth Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu and was constructed over a 20-year period. It is slowly being turned into ruins , something that worries the people of Egypt.

Time and tide wait for none.

Nature’s first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf’s;But only so an hour. a flowerThen leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay. - Robert frost

Nothing gold can stay• Bhangarh Fort is a 17th-

century fort built by order of King Sawai Madho Singh in Rajasthan, India.

‘Time is a dream ... a destroying dream;It lays great cities in dust, it fills the seas;It covers the face of beauty, and tumbles walls.’

Made by:Stuti Chatterjee

Pooja JalanBani Kaur

Subhasree MukherjeeGhausia Mushfiqua