Answer:
I have a tongue, but do not talk. I follow close, but neither run nor walk. Coupled and hitched, but never married. You couldn't bear the load I've carried.
A red drum which sounds without being touched, and grows silent, when it is touched.
I have a title and many pages I am a genteel of genteel descent I am a killer veteran of war I am a slave to my lord Pledged to his service.
I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken.
What can be heard and caught but never seen?
I have two eyes in the front and a lot of eyes on my tail