Ozymandias: "All powerful rulers' legacies crumble, symbolized by a ruined statue in a desolate wasteland."
Image: Joe Crawford from Moorpark, California, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shelley's Ozymandias captures
Ozymandias: "All powerful rulers' legacies crumble, symbolized by a ruined statue in a desolate wasteland."
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