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1) When I'm used, I'm useless, 0 j2 r" `8 d" E! b" L
once offered, soon rejected. / ~. p4 \0 ~1 \: S% m
In desperation oft expressed,
: c+ O! ?, G3 B6 l" | the intended not protected. " ~( R) K2 f' Y1 r
What am I?
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2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last D) j; k W4 v, X2 D p- S& h# T
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights -
0 z" e4 m8 h l$ ~6 P/ I1 h+ ` A city in the twilight, dim and vast, / g8 v1 X# W8 @0 t5 j8 z! s
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights. \" c, W2 S0 z% @7 R& }
* E# f1 B9 f& X; j3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
! e; O6 S5 G" P! |) Y# w- o And out of the strong came something sweet. & D% E* ^, O m2 u! [$ G
0 x( a: d/ M1 f; W4) I've little strength, but mighty powers; 4 v" O, X9 I$ D: V' w1 R
I guard small hovels and great towers.
j2 N+ ~4 f( W# H- r6 n2 q! b But if per chance my master leaves, 3 ` C( o3 B1 h& D
He must ensure he safeguards me. : g# i0 P- }- b. P v. H9 v
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