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1) When I'm used, I'm useless,
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In desperation oft expressed,
* t1 ?* ]* V. h: a& [0 u: E the intended not protected.
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2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last
0 J# [4 n" L) G& A( D6 ~ Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights -
. A+ f: ?3 |1 o/ G" K A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
1 J7 W6 p0 J# @; h8 M. W5 _ With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights. & @, a, W" l3 s1 q. ?
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
6 o5 b$ }) d; s* r And out of the strong came something sweet. ' ~4 l0 K$ R7 h7 t9 q; i
% z9 _$ J! m6 r4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
' x+ V" K0 v' Z2 _$ o I guard small hovels and great towers. . D# T& p" x3 m, x
But if per chance my master leaves, ! z# [& q" o& z, q. a
He must ensure he safeguards me.
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