Answer:
What is it that no man ever yet did see, which never was, but always is to be?
This is in a realm of true and in a realm false, but you experience me as you turn and toss.
What gets wetter as it dries?
I can be quick and then I'm deadly, I am a rock, shell and bone medley. If I was made into a man, I'd make people dream, I gather in my millions By ocean, sea and stream.
It stands upright and can be quite grand. Its secret is not hidden but right at hand. What is it?
I saw the dead bring forth the living. I saw the living bring forth the dead. What did I see?