Lorick #83:

Enlightened I stand, verdigris...

a gift from the free to the free

I'm a lady encrowned

imagined half-drowned

my lamp guides the masses to me!

But first, we solve #84 - here it is one last time:

to mortals, an immortal giver

he burned with great light to deliver

a traitor yes -twice

but pity his vice

his punishment hard on his liver

Does Lorick #83 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!

to mortals, an immortal giver

he burned with great light to deliver

a traitor yes -twice

but pity his vice

his punishment hard on his liver

Hint:

My name is an eponym for defiance... knowledge... sacrifice... ok fine -- maybe more of a watchword for those things?

Lorick #82:

to mortals, an immortal giver

he burned with great light to deliver

a traitor yes -twice

but pity his vice

his punishment hard on his liver

But first, we solve #83 - here it is one last time:

I'm a symbol, a body, a twin

a disease with a retrograde spin

a light in the morning

or else in the ev'ning

unfairly, I'm oft tied to sin!

Does Lorick #82 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!

I'm a symbol, a body, a twin

a disease with a retrograde spin

a light in the morning

or else in the ev'ning

unfairly, I'm oft tied to sin!

Hint:

half of you want to be me, the other half need me - admit it!

Lorick #82, to confound and confusticate!

I'm a symbol, a body, a twin

a disease with a retrograde spin

a light in the morning

or else in the ev'ning

unfairly, I'm oft tied to sin!

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #81:

I'm a swinger, not much of a talker

When a lady comes by... kinda stalk her

you might be forgiving

if you know how I'm living

when I first saw my people, 'twas a shocker!

Does Lorick #81 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!

I'm a swinger, not much of a talker

When a lady comes by... kinda stalk her

you might be forgiving

if you know how I'm living

when I first saw my people, 'twas a shocker!

Hint:

I'm a foundling, and my cries are resounding!

Lorick #80:

I'm a swinger, not much of a talker

When a lady comes by... kinda stalk her

you might be forgiving

if you know how I'm living

when I first saw my people, 'twas a shocker!

But first, we solve #81 - here it is one last time:

I come from a sailor clan -

I'm also a selling man!

I'm made by a SEE-gar

my sticks are of SHU-gar

And I find strength in a can!

Does Lorick #80 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!

I come from a sailor clan -

I'm also a selling man!

I'm made by a SEE-gar

my sticks are of SHU-gar

And I find strength in a can!

Hint:

me an' my my goyl is like water and oil

Lorick #79:

I come from a sailor clan -

I'm also a selling man!

I'm made by a SEE-gar

my sticks are of SHU-gar

And I find strength in a can!

But first, we solve #80 - here it is one last time:

Anti-gravity belts were no joke

And depravity ruled when I woke

I'm a man who's displaced

First in time - then in space

As to airlords: I threw off their yoke