November 2015 Riddles

Hard as bone,

The winter solid,

Coldest winters heart and soul.

 

Highlight here for answer: ice

 

 

The start of an act, the third in a play,

So try center stage and that is all I will say.

 

Highlight here for answer: A

 

 

Name a thing,

A creature lies still,

And sings of cups of hot tea.

 

Highlight here for answer: tea kettle

 

 

The rise of dawn , the birth of day,

The first to die and the start of decay,

The close of a wound, the last thing to mend,

The beginning of death and the end of the end.

 

Highlight here for answer: D

 

 

I am the second of the Graces,

And the first of all the Races,

Over and over I will close the year,

Yet I am kind for I always end fear.

 

Highlight here for answer: R

 

 

Moonlight hard and mirror bright,

Lasting past the death of night.

 

Highlight here for answer: silver

 

 

Bright as diamond,

loud as thunder ,

Never stills; a thing of wonder.

 

Highlight here for answer: waterfall

 

 

Many fight but in the end,

The soldier to the grave they send,

Yet their touch can also mend,

Despite this few see in them a friend.

 

Highlight here for answer: Hours