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1) When I'm used, I'm useless, " B/ l4 Q8 S) P* h; c
once offered, soon rejected. 9 D% i( q# W/ v W3 o5 m4 _
In desperation oft expressed,
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2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last
9 m' p1 X9 V( }: ?5 s+ R+ l Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights - 3 D1 r& D7 n) d2 J" w' ]
A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
6 s8 C x9 n& P# e: c8 Z With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights. , {* k/ F* q2 h2 e
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat, ( _: X% p+ D, N# p" r
And out of the strong came something sweet. w: e+ _* B4 K5 ~3 w
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4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
' ]9 S0 q: A- c' Q I guard small hovels and great towers. / P$ S3 }- d8 p% K, ^
But if per chance my master leaves,
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