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1) When I'm used, I'm useless,
Y% C9 V% m( |/ ]4 w once offered, soon rejected.
* d5 |/ P) {5 A In desperation oft expressed, " {2 x+ O B, {( M6 W8 J
the intended not protected.
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8 c& @2 j2 y9 \2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last , {5 n/ H. O4 m2 H3 W
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights -
; \6 a( q- f3 ?! P A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
]6 L- H; ]5 {7 y- O% @+ D With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat, " z1 e6 }0 O) g$ Y) [3 w& ]
And out of the strong came something sweet.
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4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
% ~; n& K# U* Y4 [+ L I guard small hovels and great towers. - e1 |* A5 X. A6 `, D/ W4 T
But if per chance my master leaves,
0 g7 z- U: A0 q5 a1 R) ~: O# z He must ensure he safeguards me.
* V* U. p0 g3 z" f What am I? |
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