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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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1 b% Z. F" D+ M! \# M6 L2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last
& X" j v% u: v7 [' c Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights -
+ W5 Z% O4 @# a( M/ _7 @ A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
" N' G6 I8 p) }1 C+ _4 o And out of the strong came something sweet.
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4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
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But if per chance my master leaves,
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