Answer:
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Though I wander the earth, I am no longer here. I am pale and I chill everyone near. Who am I?
My first is a creature whose breeding is unclear. My second, a price you must pay. My whole can be found in the river of Time and refers to events of today.
A dagger thrust at my own heart, dictates the way I'm swayed. Left I stand, and right I yield, to the twisting of the blade.
The more of it there is, the less you see.
The warmer I am the fresher I am.