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1) When I'm used, I'm useless, 1 w. I) m3 @! p5 `& v, H1 M
once offered, soon rejected. 1 n9 K: e% B. h9 b4 H5 T; @
In desperation oft expressed,
K. x, t% C$ ^5 Y- G the intended not protected. # E; _. r3 _- \
What am I?
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. P& j1 k' Z; E! t/ ?2 t2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last 9 Y7 ]- n* I: o U
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights - 8 g+ `( S6 i8 d; S& j
A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
; x4 z0 ~3 F9 r' H6 H With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights. - _; u3 b) z* z+ E3 Y6 Q, u$ \
1 w# {. ? H8 B% w y7 u6 K" a" h3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
# a/ t$ {" B5 @9 q- E+ x) O And out of the strong came something sweet.
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4) I've little strength, but mighty powers; ' b5 ~+ f0 ~+ w
I guard small hovels and great towers.
2 R/ |& B) `5 B# Z+ @+ O But if per chance my master leaves,
0 Q q! P7 W8 y$ n" t+ Y, G) z8 u He must ensure he safeguards me. 1 p/ Z8 ?5 S r
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