My first, highly-sought, below the surface lurks My second adorns natural, branched networks My whole adheres to some literary works
What am I?
Gold leaf
In line 2, "natural, branched networks" refers to trees. In line 3, "literary works" refers to books.
My first is a special delivery date My second, as the last course, you may await My whole, into pieces do you separate
My first, a business of one who can entertain My second, a structure one may use to contain My whole plays a low-tech programmatic refrain
My first, to hold liquid you might appropriate My second may be an agenda or a slate My whole tells you what to do before it's too late
My first offers a variety of drinks My second defines the way a program thinks My whole can be read as fast as the eye blinks
