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1) When I'm used, I'm useless,
! U: G+ ?# [+ c/ u" y* H once offered, soon rejected.
1 a! l8 ?) c# {2 n, O In desperation oft expressed, " g; G7 A3 m V. H
the intended not protected. M* B3 M7 P$ L5 c9 M
What am I?
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2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last
% e+ O# J- S3 t. K; y Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights -
& R0 |' H9 Z/ [+ A A city in the twilight, dim and vast, + q2 D9 T( x2 P l' I
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
8 |3 ]' G* J9 d# E" B1 x And out of the strong came something sweet.
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: N% N$ j: M: u/ t3 ?; s4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
: \0 y |" y) ?$ x& b$ `* t9 F# u8 Y I guard small hovels and great towers. - b5 F0 F4 D! d$ D F4 F& j3 p5 A7 x
But if per chance my master leaves, # b2 G! X% O* H
He must ensure he safeguards me. ) v5 b& b, ?4 ^' h. \- a2 C, x
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