Riddles

[AuAL]

One last hint before bed: Drawn from the earth by root, sun and rain, wrung from the bounty and hidden again, “cooled a long age in the deep-delved earth”, fleeting of pleasure but easing of pain, share to bring close and friendship to gain.

 

[AuAL]

One more hint before I give the answer. If you put “poetic” and “loaf of bread” together, an online search has the answer on the first page.

 

[Cutesie]

Okay, I give up.

 

[AuAL]

Wine.

I’m not a sound, though I sound like one. “Wine” and “whine”.
I come from somewhere that sounds the same. Come from the “vine”.
With the staff of life I am much desired. “A jug of wine, a loaf of bread - and thou.”

Poetic? See the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
Two rhymes in the clues: “same” and “name”.
Two rhymes in the answers: “wine” and “vine”.
Homophone to the onomatopoeic answer to the first clue. “Wine” and “whine”.
Drawn from the earth by root, sun and rain, wrung from the bounty and hidden again, “cooled a long age in the deep-delved earth”, fleeting of pleasure but easing of pain, share to bring close and friendship to gain.
OK, sorry, I gave you a whole new riddle with the same answer. The vine draws from the earth, the grapes (bounty) are “wrung” and the juice “hidden” in casks, “cooled a long age in the deep-delved earth” is a quote from Keats referring to wine, wine gives “fleeting pleasure”, but has been associated with transcending suffering in literature and history, and sharing wine brings friends together.

 

[Cutesie]

Excellent, @AuAL. May your riddles continue to be refined, balanced and age well.

 

[AuAL]

One more, for now.

Let me not walk upon the ground,
But wind or water touch me.
Prompts you may find in scent’s sound.
Barely bind, and set me free.
Smothering at the end I’ll not be found,
But protecting that you will now see.

 

[AuAL]

Not a single guess?
Do you need a clue? Depending on your tastes, you may find these around your home.