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My first is a heir; My second's a snare; my whole is the offspring of fancy; which I sent out of play upon Valentine's day As a token of love to my Nancy.
I am alive without breath and cold as death. I am never thirsty but always drinking. What am I?
I can point in every direction but can't reach the destination by myself. What am I?
I am always coming but I never arrive. What am I?
What comes in many different sizes but is always only 1 foot long?
It flows out of the soil, It burns you if it boils, And holds us in its coils, More valuable than gold, As black as it is old.