Answer:
This patch of land stands alone
This sparkling globe can float on water. It is light as a feather, but ten giants can't pick it up.
What has to be broken before you can use it?
The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
It comes only before, it comes only after. Rises only in darkness, but rises only in light. It is always the same, but is yet always different.
I start with T end with T and within me is T.