A cenotaph to *Ozymandias, perhaps.
*THE REFERENCE IS TO THE POEM "OZYMANDIAS", ABOUT THE EPHEMERALITY OF POWER AND HUBRIS, BY THE ENGLISH POET PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. IT TELLS OF THE DISCOVERY OF A GIGANTIC RUIN IN A DESERT, PURPORTEDLY A HEROIC PORTRAIT OF AN ANCIENT RULER BY THAT NAME, NOW FORGOTTEN. THE MOST FAMOUS LINE FROM THE POEM IS "LOOK ON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR!".
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