Answer:
I begin and have no end. Eventually, I will be the ending of all that has begun. What am I?
What do people spend a lot of money on every year, but never want to use?
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.
Lovely and round, I shine with pale light, Grown in the darkness, a ladyβs delight.
When I point up itβs bright. When I point down itβs dark.
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.