Wherein we unveil Lorick #4:
 
A king with an opulent crown
sought advice from a lass of renown
the wisdom he found
on serpentine ground
misconstrued, brought an empire down
 
 
What secret does this Lorick hide?

0041: Clue for Lorick #4, A king with an opulent crown

Think you can solve thrice-weekly riddles from mythology, folklore, history, and literature? 
Try this Lorick on for size:

A tempestuous prince was misled
by incestuous king, hast'ly wed
there's a ghost, and a play,
and soliloquies fey...
in the end, nearly everyone's dead!

Hint: his father ghosted him.

Answer: Hamlet! Get it?

Lorick's host? Me, Yorick! Most soliloquized skull of all time! 

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