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1) When I'm used, I'm useless, 4 a' P, k b. i3 `4 P1 m8 x
once offered, soon rejected.
- }" w6 U8 P0 s In desperation oft expressed,
5 y* Q# P( O! ]* q/ D$ g% N6 z7 M* P the intended not protected.
6 M" J# M! t# ?& }9 ]2 l What am I? 9 X% o% E; B9 L0 _* e
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2) Half-way up the hill, I see you at last + x2 T; W/ U1 T# K$ L+ |
Lying beneath me with your sounds and sights - 0 ~- |4 q' X6 q$ ~1 i+ ?1 q
A city in the twilight, dim and vast,
. H# o0 w% X8 M! ^5 w$ h With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
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1 K0 P, }; B/ N, c0 W5 Z: G3 o, ?0 E1 o3) Out of the eater came something to eat,
$ t1 f7 I& I( J, N+ M4 r And out of the strong came something sweet. 5 \; w* z6 ~8 S: x P; `7 R
& b& h$ m- o) t; T* n6 o1 R/ s4) I've little strength, but mighty powers; b Q4 r! r2 B5 C/ \0 N' ^
I guard small hovels and great towers.
6 Z7 h& D" W4 R But if per chance my master leaves,
% @/ `5 v" Q, K8 C: c- F5 f He must ensure he safeguards me.
, ]5 l8 G/ ^2 P* f* [( P4 S What am I? |
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