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My first is a body of water. My second is me. My third came before. My fourth before all three. My fifth sounds like my first. My sixth is in a lake. Put all six together to make an animal that will keep you awake.
What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?
I have three hundred cattle, with a single nose cord
Sleeping during the day, I hide away. Watchful through the night, I open at dawn's light. But only for the briefest time, do I shine. And then I hide away. And sleep through the day.
This is in a realm of true and in a realm false, but you experience me as you turn and toss.
What is always coming but never arrives?