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1) When I'm used, I'm useless,
" f# I1 [# }3 R% {8 R once offered, soon rejected. 4 g S& l% _5 Q/ a' |) K
In desperation oft expressed,
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( Z' U, ]# O4 S, V: P# L4 a What am I?
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6 _, W& p: _7 |3 n! _0 D8 f2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last
$ `/ v8 L1 O1 `8 v4 d Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights - 0 g3 Y& @* V1 V* ^. _* ~1 W: P
A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
- L2 V+ I; m' f1 B- r/ D9 ^ With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights. * r& g* A, H% X1 \8 B
( @+ B) ]9 S# {$ X- u" j- t3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
2 M2 T4 v% n& V, S2 S And out of the strong came something sweet.
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3 s. b6 [$ W! {1 V9 _" [) u4) I've little strength, but mighty powers; " c F2 Z5 }" L. @9 l3 T
I guard small hovels and great towers.
. G/ B, @& y1 ^; [/ R But if per chance my master leaves, 3 Q+ k* z5 u9 M( d: t
He must ensure he safeguards me. \# [8 E; Y9 `2 J4 Q
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