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1) When I'm used, I'm useless,
1 h; |9 T% E# r% r once offered, soon rejected.
% a, E p' {0 @ F In desperation oft expressed, 0 [) G' P& @/ ^) i. k
the intended not protected. # X e& d b0 d9 @( h! C$ G4 i
What am I?
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' L' l7 m2 v2 T4 m e# P/ \2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last
5 E: X% q: r: r, k1 T9 @" u Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights -
s1 k2 r& U' V0 o A city in the twilight, dim and vast, 6 C4 ~9 P. A9 x. L
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
! ?: F' N% ?0 u1 d/ s And out of the strong came something sweet.
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; S$ ^% ?( w( s% b: d6 `4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
# u, O5 o" O* T/ a( `8 X/ o, P; p I guard small hovels and great towers. ! [" ]) S) B, a0 \$ C: C
But if per chance my master leaves, 4 \3 t; f, \& o$ R) x
He must ensure he safeguards me.
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