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Think of things that will perish and/or be forgotten with the passage of time.

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Not Marble, Nor the Gilded Monuments
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Chapter 8: Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments - Exercises [Page 97]

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CBSE English Communicative - Literature Reader Class 10
Chapter 8 Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments
Exercises | Q 2.2 | Page 97

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