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A shimmering field that reaches far. Yet it has no tracks, And is crossed without paths.
It flies when it's on and floats coming off.
I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat. And your heart grow cold. I visit the weak, but seldom the bold.
What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
Come up and let us go. Go down and here we stay
What covers its face with its hands, speaks no language, yet most known what it's saying?