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1) When I'm used, I'm useless, # v" |& ?! @4 |
once offered, soon rejected.
9 Q* Y/ K% T" T. J5 a In desperation oft expressed, ) I( A# [, c/ {7 X7 z
the intended not protected.
# u, G, s' P, r$ c& P What am I?
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2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last / I3 X$ w" o' d- {" ~
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights -
' W* i/ c+ R p5 G1 O5 O A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
. o& ?& _$ z0 T+ m With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
2 p1 Q7 w$ d: s0 c+ N/ X+ ] And out of the strong came something sweet.
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! H, Y. b8 j1 l8 S) Y. U4) I've little strength, but mighty powers; : ?) u# O9 y6 z
I guard small hovels and great towers.
) `' t3 ~8 ]9 Z. s" j, M2 a: j; ? But if per chance my master leaves, x* Z% O$ Z! e
He must ensure he safeguards me.
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