In Ozymandias, a traveller describes the ruins of a colossal statue in the desert. The broken monument bears an inscription boasting of the king’s greatness, yet nothing of his empire remains. The contrast between the proud message and the surrounding emptiness underscores the inevitable decline of human power.

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