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1) When I'm used, I'm useless, 4 g' k' d' u# v3 C6 d4 I
once offered, soon rejected.
3 o- k1 C9 F& L In desperation oft expressed, ! C: E# Y2 c' J3 m" {
the intended not protected. . J& g7 E5 j }! H; @! l H1 ?+ }
What am I? - r2 ~" O* s; I. e, ?
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2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last 9 ~* p; Q- F& o7 }
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights -
3 \8 ?4 z* r4 Z0 X# u! p A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
& F1 o1 Y1 ]" r+ Q1 j' r0 O" P With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights. / B. D3 t" y) D D6 v' C
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
! u( [: \7 E V6 q And out of the strong came something sweet. # Y: h% o" t; {2 P, A
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4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
4 x! W* O: x8 M x" K& S; G I guard small hovels and great towers.
2 G U! H& N8 `! u0 y! A) m But if per chance my master leaves, 6 ` o+ O, r$ N0 O! m- {9 c
He must ensure he safeguards me.
( ^# M9 c* C1 U- H, T* H8 F What am I? |
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