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1) When I'm used, I'm useless,
4 i3 [4 p# w, F. y/ H# j once offered, soon rejected.
. }: k1 @' u4 M- ?& Y* i/ c) ^ In desperation oft expressed,
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What am I?
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5 w' T( Y: Q) O* Z2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last 9 ]) p5 g$ U' p! l
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights -
+ I: G/ U, @( D0 g5 p A city in the twilight, dim and vast, , u/ I( O+ v7 U# N( N9 Q# U: f
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
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" }3 H+ c0 L& J$ B5 c3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
. W- B" |6 H: B+ h8 h! M And out of the strong came something sweet. + }8 a, {: p7 i5 [
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4) I've little strength, but mighty powers; 1 d- ?0 m5 {: @+ o6 _
I guard small hovels and great towers.
) C4 n* h" D" E4 E% ^ But if per chance my master leaves, % B' H+ N6 ^) R _
He must ensure he safeguards me. , a% E) [- V+ G/ y/ R& P* d
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