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Compose 4-6 lines on your own on ‘Good deeds’.

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Compose 4-6 lines on your own on ‘Good deeds’.

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Good Deeds

That I shall reach out to my brother in need,
To the one without nothing to hold but a reed,
Shun I shall all the material greed,
My bit of humanity I will seed,
In emancipating him, I must take the lead.

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पाठ 2.4: Have you Earned your Tomorrow - Brainstorming (A5) [पृष्ठ ११४]

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बालभारती English Yuvakbharati Standard 12 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 2.4 Have you Earned your Tomorrow
Brainstorming (A5) | Q 4 | पृष्ठ ११४

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