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1) When I'm used, I'm useless,
# p: O$ J# c! H$ h" M once offered, soon rejected.
0 h6 m1 ~$ \# @" {- x4 T0 e6 C* _ In desperation oft expressed, & B) d K: Q8 v% [8 o. l
the intended not protected.
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2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last
- @1 f' O+ n, I2 w, H' H; _: |* s+ M$ ? Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights -
+ ` P4 d" E1 f7 u- R- q A city in the twilight, dim and vast, & I3 g. T# t# Y/ N v
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
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6 G/ y: m8 B- T3) Out of the eater came something to eat, % }# L$ \0 }, p$ C: n
And out of the strong came something sweet.
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, t& A% k. C! s6 s# `7 Q* e- R. g" s4) I've little strength, but mighty powers;
W/ h- r+ d) n- k0 V( u$ V I guard small hovels and great towers.
b% `" |6 z3 A But if per chance my master leaves,
! D6 P h0 l+ Z$ U4 e, t: X+ ? He must ensure he safeguards me.
$ [' ?' F% n8 p2 l4 G What am I? |
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