Answer:
What is bought by the yard by is worn by the foot?
Break it and it is better, immediately set and harder to break again
Whiling away the hours of flowers, Walking through fields of gold. Preening and pruning in lights fading hours, For petals to freeze in the cold. What is it?
You can always see it, but it's too far away to touch. Mountains rest on it, and at sea it surrounds you. What is it?
Some try to hide, some try to cheat. But time will show, we always will meet. Try as you might, to guess my name. I promise you'll know, when you I do claim.
I have two eyes in the front and a lot of eyes on my tail