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1) When I'm used, I'm useless,
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In desperation oft expressed,
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What am I?
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2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last
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A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
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5 w# k' S6 k7 Y. ?6 o" p+ [) q# c3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
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8 m: T2 h d8 C% O+ m/ r7 q9 Z4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
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But if per chance my master leaves,
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