The riddle of the mountain 9
The fifth riddle which Gollum poses to Bilbo in Riddles In The Dark, The Hobbit:
“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.”
“Time! Time!”
Submitted by Elioclya