Don't know about the first few statements but the last one is enough to know that it is Time. It's the only thing that will always keep moving, even when everything is dust.
These two letters are all that stand Between the birds and the bees Put them together and you will find You've created a very big cheese.
Its something that each of us devours, Not just us but birds, beats, trees, and flowers, Frets iron and nibbles steel, Toil hard stones to meal, Exterminates king, collapse town, And blows the mountains down.
The Hobbit Time Riddle: This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.
This thing devours all things:
Birds, animals, trees, flowers, fruits;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays emperors, ruins kingdom and
Beats high mountains down.
What is this thing?