Answer:
Though desert men once called me God, today men call me mad. For I wag my tail when I am angry. And growl when I am glad.
What asks but never answers?
A warrior amongs the flowers, He bears a thrusting sword. Able and ready to use, To guard his golden hoard.
What has a brown coat, a long tail, and lives in house or shed but most active while you're in bed?
What lives where it cannot breathe and has a hole in its back
I fly to any foreign parts assisted by my spreading wings. My body holds an hundred hearts Nay I will tell you stranger things when I am not in haste I ride and then I mend my pace anon.