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1) When I'm used, I'm useless, / [6 e+ G* m' ^8 d
once offered, soon rejected. - {/ X# T1 P( @1 E
In desperation oft expressed,
2 I# v8 `4 Z7 b4 j5 D: x5 l the intended not protected.
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' }/ s ]8 Z9 H0 | J6 f7 G2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last 6 h+ A5 e/ u. A, x0 _# y
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights - + M/ N- C3 q6 p: b' M5 P& j/ I
A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
3 q( K$ g' m5 v+ ~8 a& \1 U4 f With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights. / j& Z8 h) Y. _+ j) m
$ i2 e4 H0 X0 |3) Out of the eater came something to eat, M4 A; `8 d. r: _
And out of the strong came something sweet. % X; M I7 k$ a
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4) I've little strength, but mighty powers; . z' C9 P% K5 p p' [
I guard small hovels and great towers. 5 b0 {( s+ h# r$ T# j8 P
But if per chance my master leaves, " Y$ h7 ?/ U5 j, m
He must ensure he safeguards me.
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