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Andrew Marvell's 'Upon Appleton House' utilizes the architectural proportion of country estates to critique human vanity and excessive ambition. Arrange the following thematic arguments and conceits from the poem in their correct sequential order: A. The observation that nature values balance, as beasts and birds construct homes perfectly suited to their physical size. B. The declaration that humility creates true beauty and that small, proportionate spaces can hold great meaning. C. The critique of ambitious builders who overstrain their minds for grand designs with tall columns meant to overwhelm viewers. D. The mockery of human attempts to enclose a mere 'mote of dust' in a massive 'marble crust,' likening such ambition to the Tower of Babel.