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1) When I'm used, I'm useless,
) O3 `( [) R. ] M3 J) J" r once offered, soon rejected.
& B2 c2 B3 I4 d4 t# d9 @: v) ?# _' L In desperation oft expressed,
. E$ g" f9 F% r3 {- J2 _$ ^ the intended not protected.
0 ]2 i$ u$ q+ |( X% R, s, N" V What am I?
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) q+ Y! Y% ~/ c+ q/ X3 ?2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last - d6 U" P1 _9 T8 \0 d
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights - 6 v: `" F9 v* c( F% B" d
A city in the twilight, dim and vast, % s2 p" \. o$ l. \9 k# S. {
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights. 6 x! {6 F+ G6 S" E6 I% K W" ~6 V
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
2 K4 ^: @; F0 F. c G* S4 P) \ And out of the strong came something sweet. " s- b8 I$ I+ X* \
" `4 m8 |7 s S# x/ \( \# y7 n- W4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
# B& x6 E& Y' z& e$ G# S/ \ I guard small hovels and great towers.
8 o; @1 N9 o. S1 O% y1 g But if per chance my master leaves, ( D" z! \7 k$ q; i6 y0 [% ^3 D
He must ensure he safeguards me.
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