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1) When I'm used, I'm useless,
0 e( J3 I y3 U) I5 m4 m$ y once offered, soon rejected. 0 T' U$ V% y2 n0 q& U7 |- j5 r' q
In desperation oft expressed,
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6 w# t) K! ~/ w" x& e What am I? & V P- Z3 g4 \: R ^: Y1 f
" s' A6 e# s* C2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last
. B* p! A: t( I& Z# F* R* m/ \+ ^ Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights - " o" X& s& O; f1 X( ~( s' E1 w0 T/ E
A city in the twilight, dim and vast, 1 z4 Z" x$ z) T! I2 Q
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
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3) Out of the eater came something to eat, 2 ~1 ]* M% ]' q T9 }& z
And out of the strong came something sweet.
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4) I've little strength, but mighty powers; # k+ ]0 U' `3 |9 F
I guard small hovels and great towers.
" ]6 g& ^9 Z6 F) E But if per chance my master leaves,
- X7 x/ d( Y2 G2 k% T- p He must ensure he safeguards me. : m7 D# K+ G c8 F
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