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

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