Riddles

What is it- That we love more than life, Fear more than death, The rich want it, The poor have it, The miser spends it, All will perish if they eat it, And the spend-rift saves it? 

Name me and so ye shall break me. Silence

Of no use to one Yet absolute bliss to two. The small boy gets it for nothing. The young man has to lie for it. The old man has to buy it. Answer: A Kiss

What runs around a city but never moves?

Answer: A Wall

Iron roof, glass walls Burns and burns And never falls.

Answer: A Lantern

It holds most knowledge that has ever been said; But is not the brain, is not the head. To feathers and their masters, ’tis both bane and boon. . . One empty, and one full.

Answer:Paper

I have rivers without water, Forests without trees, Mountains without rocks Towns without houses. Answer: A Map

Ten Men’s Strength, Ten Men’s Length, Ten Men can’t break it, Yet a young boy walks off with it Answer: A rope

I begin eternity, And end space, At the end of time, And in every place, Last in life, Second to death, Never alone, Found in your breath, Contained by earth, Water or flame, My grandeur so awesome, Wind dare not tame, Not in your mind, Am in your dreams, Vacant to Kings, Present to Queens. Answer: The letter “E”

I have many tongues but cannot taste By me, most things are turned to waste I crack and snap, yet I stay whole I may take the largest toll I assisted all of the first men And I will pay them back again Around me, people snuggle and sleep Yet run when I am released from my keep I jump around and leap and bound The cold man wishes I he had found Answer: Fire

I run through hills; I veer around mountains. I leap over rivers and crawl through the forests. Step out your door to find me. Answer:The road

Stronger than steel, And older than time; They are more patient than death and shall stand even when the stars have ceased to shine. Their strength is embedded in roots buried deep Where the sands and frosts of ages can never hope to touch or reach. Answer:Mountains

Two bodies have I, though both joined in one. The more still I stand, the quicker I run. Answer: An hourglass

You get many of me, but never enough. After the last one, your life soon will snuff. You may have one of me but one day a year, When the last one is gone, your life disappears.

Answer: A birthday.

Double my number, I’m less than a score, Half of my number is less than four. Add one to my double when bakers are near, Days of the week are still greater, I fear. Answer: Six

I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, None suffer to have me, but do from my lack. Answer: Sleep

What kind of ear cannot hear? Answer: An ear of corn

They have not flesh, nor feathers, Nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs, Of their own. Answer: Gloves

He who makes me doesn’t want me, He who buys me doesn’t need me, He who uses me doesn’t care. Answer: A casket.

Two brothers we are, great burden we bear By which we are bitterly pressed. In truth we may say We are full all the day But empty we go to our rest. Answer: Shoes

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid. Answer: Egg

You must keep it after giving it. Answer: Your word

A poem/riddle for the Vault of Souls

Where questions lie and spirits kept (this line refers to the lies riddles tell and questions that are there, and the souls as well), Where none can die, and fear it yet, A cage of power that knows no bounds, It will not cower if it is found, Animarum Firmamentum, a mystic place, Where those with power meet their fate, A timeless keep where time has ceased, Where power rests, and dreams are seized. A test of will, a test of might, To face the fear and win the fight, For those who seek to wield the power, This sacred place holds secrets sour. Yet still it calls to those who dare, To brave the trials that still lie there, And those who pass, their souls will soar, Their destiny, forever more.