Answer:
Brown I am and much admired; many horses have I tried; tire a horse and worry a man; tell me this riddle if you can.
What has a bottom right at the top?
The sharp slim blade, that cuts the wind. What is it?
Useful tool for who in darkness dwell. Within you, corrupting like a deadly spell.
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?