Not marble, nor the gilded monuments by Ashwin Shenoy

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Not marble, nor the gilded monuments

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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Not marble, nor the gilded monuments

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William Shakespeare

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Not marble, nor the gilded monuments

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Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;

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But you shall shine more bright in these contents

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Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time

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When wasteful war shall statues overturn

And broils root out the work of masonry,

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Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn

The living record of your memory.

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'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity

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Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room

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Even in the eyes of all posterity

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That wear this world out to the ending doom.

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So, till the judgment that yourself arise,

You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes.

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Ashwin Shenoy

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