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1) When I'm used, I'm useless,
8 v# J7 W. w: m1 i once offered, soon rejected. ( V9 K) z, p% a3 K! w# A; R+ }: d
In desperation oft expressed,
; a6 U* U, X$ A* w2 [1 \ the intended not protected.
! s3 G7 u& _0 g. S4 u0 t What am I? 9 N m$ P1 O( t: O, P& P0 Z
9 ], H0 L7 f! z& X( ?( R I2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last 9 E# _/ M6 t5 Z( d* D3 p4 M
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights -
% s4 S. M& W$ }0 H' N A city in the twilight, dim and vast, 1 f' ^; W) k" R, U& u- R
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights. . k8 H+ j X y, P6 F2 R; S" V
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
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; [( J* v* ~; P* ]7 _4 V4) I've little strength, but mighty powers; , p8 m% d! r w3 @: I3 I" X
I guard small hovels and great towers. 2 r3 }) A) N4 D5 T
But if per chance my master leaves,
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