Beware, William of Mercia, you heeded not our warnings and you can no longer turn back, but the path ahead is strewn with danger, to you, and to those who travel with you. This is but the beginning. The legions of the underworld await you, armies will seek to destroy you, but only you can know the true course.
And on the pedestal these words appear:_'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:__ook on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'__othing beside remains. Round the decay__f that colossal wreck, boundless and bare__he lone and level sands stretch far away.
Ozymandias
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And on the pedestal these words appear:_'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:__ook on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'__othing beside remains. Round the decay__f that colossal wreck, boundless and bare__he lone and level sands stretch far away.
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