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Handy when you need to measure something or run a kingdom.
They're big and yet so far away, We see them at the end of day. They're small and they're above. We see them when we close our eyes, Each time we are in love.
What is not a ball but yet a sphere, and holds all lands and people year after year?
Glittering points that downward thrust. Sparkling spears that do not rust. What is it?
What starts with a P, ends with an E and has a million letters in it?
I am the fountain from which no one can drink. For many I am considered a necessary link. Like gold to all I am sought for, but my continued death brings wealth for all to want more.