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The Hour of the Dragon

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The Lion banner sways and falls in the horror haunted gloom;A scarlet Dragon rustles by, borne on winds of doom.In heaps the shining horsemen lie, where the thrusting lances break,And deep in the haunted mountains the lost, black gods awake.

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Finished / professionalThe Hour of the Dragon

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