Answer:
Known as a great deceiver, It is evil's incarnation, Once used for veneration, The root of all procreation. All you can do is shiver, When it begins to slither.
While I did live, I food did give, which many one did daily eat. Now being dead, you see they tread me under feet about the street.
Tiny creatures that have a special relationship with flowers.
What is green, has four legs, no tail, and usually heard at night?
A spent round or a slimy critter.
What is it that makes tears without sorrow. And takes its journey to heaven?