Who wrote the poem Quetzalcoatl?

Question

I don't know if the poem is entitled Quetzalcoatl or whether he is merely the subject of the poem. The poem describes a pedestal with an inscription upon it. The pedestal used to have a statue upon it, but no more. And the everlasting nature of his society and culture, now consumed by the desert. Poet? Anyone?

Answer 1

do you mean the poem Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelley? from your description I'd swear this is what you're talking about;

here's an excerpt:

"...two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert.
near them on the sand, half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies...
...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."