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1) When I'm used, I'm useless,
: ?) [; `$ I7 `$ E once offered, soon rejected.
3 _5 g9 W, b- [. o, n/ X In desperation oft expressed, ( T8 D* {6 a5 g) Z A" [3 r# v
the intended not protected.
, Y- `& P7 v2 {3 \ What am I? ; O9 `$ k' x+ ^1 p( \
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2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last
0 X, V- f4 x2 ^* t0 O0 E8 W/ R6 } Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights - 4 o0 C, X& F' E5 ~+ n5 V0 t
A city in the twilight, dim and vast, L( ^ g N) {1 j, n8 U' D
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights. ( X' e! L1 a1 r
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
- K3 a& ~7 N, I& Z: ?6 g- @* Y And out of the strong came something sweet. 7 T8 H6 A, j9 U) c3 ]
/ Q( k9 q8 k8 s- [4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
* P' L5 b8 U# D2 u I guard small hovels and great towers.
% v+ |3 m4 p! k8 }& i9 @; {5 x; S3 u2 v But if per chance my master leaves, - @2 I: w2 B! f) T2 w2 M5 O
He must ensure he safeguards me.
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