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1) When I'm used, I'm useless, 1 M, w8 i6 p& K6 h
once offered, soon rejected.
0 T. b5 `) o7 |' k' [ In desperation oft expressed,
' R' G$ J4 G0 k the intended not protected. 1 D. w7 N, ^# R$ b
What am I?
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, \* b4 i0 V# `1 F3 {7 w2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last
1 w: D* T# z8 ] W! d- y8 \6 k9 j% F Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights - , M7 \6 f# ?- i0 D% ?
A city in the twilight, dim and vast, 7 {( m8 H) _% m; w
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
1 Y( X) a8 _+ e" i; e And out of the strong came something sweet.
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4) I've little strength, but mighty powers; / V. O" X. }7 i( o- T) p# x b
I guard small hovels and great towers.
4 S% j( @4 R' f" q But if per chance my master leaves, ! b5 X" g! C0 l3 n2 F- _
He must ensure he safeguards me.
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