Answer:
Six letters do my name compound; among the aged oft I'm found; The shepherd also by the brook hears me when Leaning on his crook; but in the middle me divide and take the half on either side each backward read a liquor tell ev'ry gay toper knows it well.
The faster you run, the harder it is to catch me. What am I?
I am a small paradise surrounded by dryness and heat. What am I?
What goes into the water black and comes out red?
I have no wallet but I pay my way. I travel the world but in a corner I stay. What am I?
Whoever made me don't want me. Whoever bought me don't need me. Whoever use me don't know me.