Lorick: Riddles and Lore

Lorick #130:

with merit in marshals to form square

and misinformation as warfare

my rise is electric

my policies, metric

conniving in exile: one more dare!

But first, we solve #131 - here it is one last time:

A late bloomer who ran from the heat

returned when his god thought it meet.

This adopted newborn

fought a sorcerous war;

a savior -- his end? Bittersweet.

Does Lorick #130 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!

A late bloomer who ran from the heat

returned when his god thought it meet.

This adopted newborn

fought a sorcerous war;

a savior -- his end? Bittersweet.

Hint:

the arc of this man is full of commands

Lorick #130, to confound and confusticate!

A late bloomer who ran from the heat

returned when his god thought it meet.

This adopted newborn

fought a sorcerous war;

a savior -- his end? Bittersweet.

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #129:

two boys, both beat from one drum

contrariwise... their beats differ by crumbs!

they dance and they rattle -

engendering battle -

and profess a red king solipsis-um!

Does Lorick #129 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!

two boys, both beat from one drum

contrariwise... their beats differ by crumbs!

they dance and they rattle -

engendering battle -

and profess a red king solipsis-idum!

Hint:

from nurs'ry to carroll they rhyme

Lorick #128:

two boys, both beat from one drum

contrariwise... their beats differ by crumbs!

they dance and they rattle -

engendering battle -

and profess a red king solipsis-idum!

But first, we solve #129 - here it is one last time:

the sixth of the eighth seemed insane...

his memories lost, split in twain

by a sudden exchange

wealth both gained and estranged

lessons learned, both returned -- one to reign!

Does Lorick #128 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!

the sixth of the eighth seemed insane...

his memories lost, split in twain

by a sudden exchange

wealth both gained and estranged

lessons learned, both returned -- one to reign!

Hint:

Lorick #127:

the sixth of the eighth seemed insane...

his memories lost, split in twain

by a sudden exchange

wealth both gained and estranged

lessons learned, both returned -- one to reign!

But first, we solve #128 - here it is one last time:

the mask hides a mystr'y - its bearer

an inmate long held.. for what error?

when kings get their way

by lettres de cachet

caprice breeds its *own* kind of terror...

Does Lorick #127 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!

the mask hides a mystr'y - its bearer

an inmate long held.. for what error?

when kings get their way

by lettres de cachet

caprice breeds its *own* kind of terror...

Hint:

thirty-four years in a cage in a cage and then died... of old age?

Lorick #127, to confound and confusticate!

the mask hides a mystr'y - its bearer

an inmate long held.. for what error?

when kings get their way

by lettres de cachet

caprice breeds its *own* kind of terror...