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1) When I'm used, I'm useless, % R4 P: q l* {$ L; M* Y
once offered, soon rejected.
; Z' ^9 r" b0 w; r In desperation oft expressed, , V/ s9 M; B2 l0 U3 B' a+ Y% s
the intended not protected. 8 M9 x2 y9 S0 E% ~ g+ }9 I$ O
What am I?
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8 j( j' U& m6 U T9 S2 W2 a, ^6 n$ k0 P2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last - Q( k1 l- ?9 x4 a) [* d
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights - 9 }' m0 m/ W! G0 O
A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
0 ?1 X& W: l# _% N" U$ ^ With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights. , z; a6 @" v1 x/ q5 o% _+ X
$ H2 f5 }7 n$ n; Z3 I1 I4 M/ I# l3) Out of the eater came something to eat, @% J3 u l5 X- P; L2 s8 w) u
And out of the strong came something sweet.
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4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
8 o6 o" d9 j8 S8 { I guard small hovels and great towers.
# _5 w3 P" ?5 {5 S. B& Y, r But if per chance my master leaves,
2 ]+ h7 L# p# v, l* q He must ensure he safeguards me.
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