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1) When I'm used, I'm useless, + o0 p# e1 [# D* n
once offered, soon rejected. ' b b5 ~- G, Y7 G- v+ y2 X& ^
In desperation oft expressed,
+ _1 z0 Z6 f+ O+ L) C) x) T the intended not protected.
4 [# Q9 N- U( M" n What am I?
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% ?- o' e ~6 @: U& S2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last 7 ]( i3 K$ E* C8 W8 E3 d
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights - + E5 j0 X' D8 @# X, Q$ R% u- v
A city in the twilight, dim and vast, - r) b& O/ b; i+ y0 y: }
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat, 6 p: N" r7 ^. Q
And out of the strong came something sweet. % c. N! `9 h7 a- A! l
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4) I've little strength, but mighty powers; % m1 h. p) I# R; l+ K4 K5 n0 f" e8 u
I guard small hovels and great towers. ) K0 V4 _% Z9 p
But if per chance my master leaves,
5 p3 ^! T- x5 P6 @ He must ensure he safeguards me. 0 A$ U* _7 r/ ]$ o" D
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