Ozymandias: "All powerful rulers' legacies crumble, symbolized by a ruined statue in a desolate wasteland."

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Shelley's Ozymandias captures

Ozymandias: "All powerful rulers' legacies crumble, symbolized by a ruined statue in a desolate wasteland."

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