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1) When I'm used, I'm useless, ; V } _) U) m* [& c
once offered, soon rejected.
( j) E* |. Y- n0 d4 V o In desperation oft expressed,
. ]. }* D# q# J the intended not protected. % {# T, W0 Z7 U3 ]: f# E
What am I? 7 x3 ~5 j4 e" J% M
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2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last
2 K+ ]5 d: Z& V! @9 Y, _! w Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights - # e% w; w2 ~- h1 V' F
A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
1 R; @" y) k& l4 }8 R! k2 S With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights. / I7 q' P! P; o. e! ^+ t. M f
( W' |8 _2 U7 O! k8 g3 ~+ E3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
4 M# m4 p. W$ k+ T" M And out of the strong came something sweet.
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. q6 E1 ~( i) }+ g: o( A4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
0 t- ^9 B! f, ?5 x" |! { I guard small hovels and great towers.
5 z8 {: B6 J7 s But if per chance my master leaves, & M. f( |3 [7 R2 u6 j
He must ensure he safeguards me. 1 T& Q/ h7 z; u( e
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