Does Lorick #100 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!

i spun tales where so many had died

as each night with a monster I lied

alladdin I used

and Sinbad amused

him for years till he made me his bride

Hint:

one thousand nights? not enough... not quite

Lorick #100, to confound and confusticate!

I spun tales where so many had died

as each night with a monster I lied

alladdin I used

and Sinbad amused

him for years till he made me his bride

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #99:

I knew him - his plays were the thing!

the world was his stage, he the king

Folk have lent him their ears

for hundreds of years

tales of power, desire, and... betraying

Does Lorick #99 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!

I knew him - his plays were the thing!

the world was his stage, he the king

Folk have lent him their ears

for hundreds of years

tales of power, desire, and... betraying

Hint:

A spear by any other name would shake as sweetly.

Lorick #99:

I knew him - his plays were the thing!

the world was his stage, he the king

Folk have lent him their ears

for hundreds of years

tales of power, desire, and... betraying

But first, we solve #98 - here it is one last time:

I am found in and out of great prisons;

in my field I'm a man of great vision!

I'm a showman at heart,

often trapped by my art

I've gone to great depths to be risen!

Does Lorick #98 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!

I am found in and out of great prisons;

in my field I'm a man of great vision!

I'm a showman at heart,

often trapped by my art

I've gone to great depths to be risen!

Hint:

I'm not mad, though my racket includes a straitjacket

Lorick #97:

I am found in and out of great prisons;

in my field I'm a man of great vision!

I'm a showman at heart,

often trapped by my art

I've gone to great depths to be risen!

But first, we solve #98 - here it is one last time:

A poet, a prophet, a charmer,

A lover, a seeker, a mourner;

This musical king

the Sirens outsings,

but in love's affairs--none is forlorner!

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Does Lorick #97 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!

A poet, a prophet, a charmer,

A lover, a seeker, a mourner;

This musical king

the Sirens outsings,

but in love's affairs--none is forlorner!

Hint:

He found love in a hopeless place... and put it back.

Lorick #97, to confound and confusticate!

A poet, a prophet, a charmer,

A lover, a seeker, a mourner;

This musical king

the Sirens outsings,

but in love's affairs--none is forlorner!

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #96:

In the woods I am king of the free!

A fine home for fine fellows - and me.

The green holds my heart,

my maid has her part,

and the King - not the Prince - is my liege!