Answer:
I am a seed with three letters in my name. Take away the last two and I still sound the same.
u always follow me but I am rarely seen
Without a bridle, or a saddle, across a thing I ride a-straddle. And those I ride, by help of me, though almost blind, are made to see. What am I?
Six letters do my name compound; among the aged oft I'm found; The shepherd also by the brook hears me when Leaning on his crook; but in the middle me divide and take the half on either side each backward read a liquor tell ev'ry gay toper knows it well.
I contain six letters minus one and you got twelve.
What made Cyclops quit teaching?