Edmund Clerihew Bentley's Poetry, by popularity

• Clerihew - King John

  I doubt if King John
  Was a sine qua non.

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• Clerihew - James Jeans

  Sir James Jeans
  Always says what he means;

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• Clerihew - John Knox

  The sermons of John Knox
  Teemed with disapproval of frocks.

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• Clerihew - Lambert Simnel

  True Lambert Simnel
  Was not a habitual criminal,

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• Clerihew - Rupert

  Rupert of the Rhine
  Thought Cromwell was a swine,

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Martin Tupper

  Martin Tupper
  Sang for his supper;

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• Clerihew - Voltaire

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

  3 lines
• Clerihew - W. G. Grace

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

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Peter the Hermit

  Peter the Hermit
  Neglected to apply for a permit

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• Clerihew-Cervantes

  The people of Spain think Cervantes
  Equal to half-a-dozen Dantes;

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• Clerihew - Machiavelli

  Although Machiavelli
  Was extremely fond of jelly,

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• Clerihew - Herrick

  Inspiration visited Herrick
  During a mixed foursome at North Berwick.

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• Clerihew - John Keats

  John Keats
  Amongst other noble feats

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Victor Hugo

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

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• Clerihew - Laura Knight

  Dame Laura Knight
  Had unusually keen sight.

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• Clerihew - Dante Alighieri

  Dante Alighieri
  Seldom troubled a dairy.

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• Clerihew - Khan

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

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• Clerihew - Maria Theresa

  The Empress Maria Theresa
  Had a poodle called Sneezer

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• Clerihew - Rosetti

  The poems of Rosetti
  Were sweetly pretty,

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• Clerihew - Hitler & Goering

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

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• Clerihew - Mill

  John Stuart Mill,
  By a mighty effort of will,

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• Clerihew - Methuselah

  In later life Methuselah
  Became a hopeless foozler.

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• Clerihew - Hannibal

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

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• Clerihew - Emperor Jovian

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

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• Clerihew - Burns

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

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• Clerihew - Attila the Hun

  When a photograph of Attila
  Appeared in The Tatler

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• Clerihew - Archbishop Laud

  Archbishop Laud
  Saw nothing to admire in Maud.

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• Clerihew - Dean Swift

  Somebody sent Dean Swift
  An ounce of strychnine as a gift.

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• Clerihew - Cotton

  One day the putting of Cotton
  Was so indescribably rotten

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• Clerihew - Gilbert White

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

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