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Dies half its life. Lives the rest. Dances without music. Breathes without breath.
What word has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end?
In buckles or lace, they help set the pace. The farther you go, the thinner they grow.
What has roots as nobody sees, is taller than trees. Up, up it goes, and yet never grows?
I have a title and many pages I am a genteel of genteel descent I am a killer veteran of war I am a slave to my lord Pledged to his service.
In your fire you hear me scream! Creaking and whining yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.