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1) When I'm used, I'm useless, & Q/ H7 e, \* K8 c
once offered, soon rejected.
( |7 @. [* D7 W- @; g0 a4 N/ D In desperation oft expressed,
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What am I?
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) @( y6 j. w( K# s0 c2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last : H+ T+ V7 j( j6 o( k' e1 A
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights -
: S9 U6 r* y+ ^/ A* L5 h, T A city in the twilight, dim and vast, / Q9 t V( _% Y5 N
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
0 J& N! m- y- c/ m, @ And out of the strong came something sweet.
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4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
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But if per chance my master leaves, ; G# O/ a, Z6 D8 j- [
He must ensure he safeguards me.
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