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1) When I'm used, I'm useless, 0 V0 t6 C3 B) {) C9 A8 E U
once offered, soon rejected. 1 z* z# ?( S' l$ {9 ^7 G/ O
In desperation oft expressed, ) P4 \2 u9 @: q' T
the intended not protected.
D+ l( n H. q# M What am I? ( ~' v: O) `+ e
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2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last 2 v" t( O3 ^% ~6 g1 ]
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights - 3 M: }5 W: G# o2 K
A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
% z8 D% _6 E: t! G With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
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% C4 X" Q1 T s/ [, }3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
* ^. q1 x8 _5 h+ v. o& }# e And out of the strong came something sweet.
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4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
2 p% W# ^! H. E/ Y& ~, D I guard small hovels and great towers. 4 f/ v$ L7 U% L6 \; b, Y2 v# q8 z$ `
But if per chance my master leaves,
K/ A+ q0 o0 h' D) a9 q' k* r He must ensure he safeguards me. 7 p6 z; V, v4 U- i8 Y
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