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1) When I'm used, I'm useless,
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In desperation oft expressed,
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What am I?
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2 T# N- q) k( }2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last # C' c/ G0 W* y8 X
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights -
" A: P* k+ q, L7 N* H5 J A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
( Z' e [7 b' [) s With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
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. s% _+ C' x9 R3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
2 k3 S! _+ s' L And out of the strong came something sweet. 5 ]! G) E# C/ `8 y* M
# L6 e# K" M$ R1 X4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
0 F+ \: {& k' Q2 `" v- M I guard small hovels and great towers. : Y! |4 t% W: a. e0 L3 |
But if per chance my master leaves,
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