Answer:
They try to beat me, they try in vain. And when I win, I end the pain.
Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it. Five in the middle is seen. First of all figures, the first of all letters. Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring before you the name of an eminent king.
As light as a feather, but you canβt hold it for ten minutes.
I crawl on the earth. And rise on a pillar.
Half-way up the hill, I see you at last, lying beneath me with your sounds and sights. A city in the twilight, dim and vast, with smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.
I build up castles. I tear down mountains. I make some men blind. I help others to see.