Edmund Clerihew Bentley's Poetry, by first line

• Clerihew - Gilbert White

  "Dinner-time?" said Gilbert White,
  "Yes, yes mdash; certainly mdash; all right.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Burns

  "Gentlemen," said Burns,
  "Before the meeting adjourns

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Victor Hugo

  "How many times" mused Hugo,
  does fours into 372 go?

  3 lines
• Clerihew - General Sherman

  "No, Sir" said General Sherman
  "I did not enjoy the sermon;

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Charles Peace

  "No," said Charles Peace,
  "I can't 'ardly blame the perlice.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Aeschylus

  "Steady the Greeks!" shouted Aeschylus.
  "We won't let such dogs as these kill us!"

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Hitler & Goering

  "The moustache of Adolf Hitler
  could hardly be littler,"

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Alexander

  Alexander of Macedon
  Became gloomy and taciturn

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Bradman

  Although Don Bradman
  Screamed and fought like a madman

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Machiavelli

  Although Machiavelli
  Was extremely fond of jelly,

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Archbishop Laud

  Archbishop Laud
  Saw nothing to admire in Maud.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Stubbs

  Bishop Stubbs
  Was expelled from all his clubs

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Brigham Young

  Brigham Young
  Was exceptionally highly-strung.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Chapman & Hall

  Chapman & Hall
  Swore not at all.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Laura Knight

  Dame Laura Knight
  Had unusually keen sight.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Dante Alighieri

  Dante Alighieri
  Seldom troubled a dairy.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - W. G. Grace

  Dr. W. G. Grace
  Had hair all over his face.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Edward the Confessor

  Edward the Confessor
  Slept under the dresser.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Chaucer

  Geoffrey Chaucer
  Took a bath (in a saucer)

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Henry the First

  Henry the First
  Ate lampreys till he burst.

  3 lines, 3 comments
• Clerihew - Emperor Jovian

  How the Emperor Jovian
  Would have revelled in the The Harovian!

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Sir Walter Scott

  I believe it was admitted by Scott
  That some of his novels were rot.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - King John

  I doubt if King John
  Was a sine qua non.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Khan

  I regard Zinghis Khan
  As rather an over-rated man.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Methuselah

  In later life Methuselah
  Became a hopeless foozler.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Herrick

  Inspiration visited Herrick
  During a mixed foursome at North Berwick.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - da Vinci

  It was a rule of Leonardo da Vinci's
  Not to put his trust in princes.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Voltaire

  It was a weakness of Voltaire's
  To forget to say his prayers,

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Hannibal

  It was rather disconcerting for Hannibal
  When he was introduced to a cannibal

  3 lines
• Clerihew - John Keats

  John Keats
  Amongst other noble feats

  3 lines

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