Answer:
I contain five little items of an everyday sort. You can find all five in a tennis court.
What has many teeth but can't bite?
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.
What is always coming but never arrives?
You can catch me but cannot throw me. What am I?
Though not a plant, has leaves. Though not a beast, has spine. Though many wouldn't need this thing, It's more valuable than wine.