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Ben waters's avatar

I met a traveller from an antique land

Who said: One vast and Achilles-less leg of stone

Stand in the swamp. Near them, on the land,

Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,

And hairy lip, and sneer of cold command,

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

The arm that mocked them and the heart that fed:

And on the pedestal these words appear:

"My name is Rodgmandias, King of Kings:

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

No thing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal stadium, with wins bare

The lone and level fans stretch far away.

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Will Melia's avatar

This may be the greatest thing I’ve read on Substack.

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