Answer:
In wealth I abound; in water I stand; as a fencer I'm valued all over the land; at Venice I'm famous; by farmers I'm prized; respected by law yet huntsmen despised; consternation and ruin ensue when I break; And the beasts of the forest advantage won't take.
I cut through evil like a double edged sword and chaos flees at my approach. Balance I single-handedly upraise through battles fought with heart and mind instead of with my gaze.
I have every color but no gold.
I walk on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs at noon, and 3 legs at night. What am I?
With a halo of water and a tongue of wood; stone as skin long I stood.
It flows out of the soil, It burns you if it boils, And holds us in its coils, More valuable than gold, As black as it is old.