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1) When I'm used, I'm useless,
# L4 o z: e$ I% G once offered, soon rejected.
* b9 ^( n( L8 a* s! s- l4 e! W In desperation oft expressed,
) [, u8 b8 K" s- e) e the intended not protected. 1 I& K6 u& T& d1 W9 A0 C
What am I? 6 O: q; d; x& U U: g8 h1 l- K; u9 p
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2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last 4 s8 S4 W- v* ?' ] h5 C
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights -
- V, s' @" G5 K0 c A city in the twilight, dim and vast, o2 `- L& Y+ M* |2 ^; |
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
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* Q# G, _9 K4 T. X9 H3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
, e' a( n. J- ^ \/ t. N And out of the strong came something sweet.
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% V- `" A8 P) b( g1 U9 I4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
; a$ }0 P \9 T$ O% l/ _4 v+ p I guard small hovels and great towers.
) ^8 j8 X( c* X( B But if per chance my master leaves, ! ?7 i8 ~4 W2 F) l a( ~9 ~
He must ensure he safeguards me.
* ?, \7 A8 h" X/ k7 R, d+ w4 O What am I? |
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