Answer:
Face with a tree, skin like the sea. A great beast I am. Yet vermin frightens me.
What grows up while growing down?
It has plenty of backbone but doesn't have a let. It peels like an orange but it comes from an egg.
Attracted by light but flies at night. It's wind and hairy but not too scary. What is it?
A warrior amongs the flowers, He bears a thrusting sword. Able and ready to use, To guard his golden hoard.
Black we are and much admired. Many seek us if they are tired. We tire the horse, and comfort man, and turn White when we've fulfilled your plan.