Riddles...

Shadow.

 

You are missing one word on that answer, so that ain't correct answer, yet.

 

Then how about my shadow.

Or taken into consideration the line "for you are he" it could be his shadow. Or to be more general even (hu)man's shadow.


EDIT - Just to cover it all since shadow is the narrator then it would say "I am your shadow".

 

Correct, your shadow. Next one then:

What does man love more than life,
hate more than death or mortal strife;

That which contented men desire,
the poor have, the rich require;

The miser spends, the spendthrift saves,
and all men carry to their graves?

 

Nothing.

 

Correct, new one:


I'm not really more than holes tied to moreholes;
I'm strong as good steel, though not as stif as a pole.

 

Net?

 

Spiderweb?

 

The answer is chain.

 

If it's as strong as steel, then 'Steel Chain'.

 

Chain it is, next one then:

In the window she sat weeping.
And with each tear her life went seeping.

 

An ice sculpture?

 

or an icicle.

 

Good answers but both are unfortenatly wrong.

 

A candle.

 

Candle it is, next one:

What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?

 

Is it my computer file system?

only kidding ... er ... a mountain?

 

Correct a mountain, next one then:

I make you weak at the worst of all times.
I keep you safe, I keep you fine.
I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold,
I visit the weak, but seldom the bold.
What am I?

 

Is it panic? Or maybe just fear?

 

Nerves