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1) When I'm used, I'm useless, / D) V- x$ b7 x% X5 y% G
once offered, soon rejected. 0 V% A# H4 e0 s; T1 j: K( J% i
In desperation oft expressed, # T: S( |0 r6 t( \) [; c
the intended not protected.
3 [, B! f% C2 d What am I? & \( h1 f0 J7 H) V1 t$ w1 q9 Q
) r8 l5 y/ _# @( N. j2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last
3 I2 f+ E2 u2 V3 z9 I Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights - # T) o" c: }* n
A city in the twilight, dim and vast, }0 q* _( P( y
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights. % V) R9 J, n0 T: l, @- N. d
, }, {; F& F6 m6 _7 {3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
1 k+ ^! \0 c/ t" @ And out of the strong came something sweet.
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4) I've little strength, but mighty powers; / ], L% k" r7 T- I& L
I guard small hovels and great towers.
1 \0 \/ T( l- q$ v. c, F- W1 T! h1 B But if per chance my master leaves, : N/ L5 h' p8 X9 Q! y- ~6 v* d Y
He must ensure he safeguards me. 4 O4 C/ w3 u; t; `) R% v w( m; c
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