Edmund Clerihew Bentley's Poetry, by written

• Clerihew - Clive of India

  What I like about Clive
  Is that he is no longer alive.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Edward the Confessor

  Edward the Confessor
  Slept under the dresser.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Chapman & Hall

  Chapman & Hall
  Swore not at all.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Wren

  Sir Christopher Wren
  Said, 'I am going to dine with some men.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Davy

  Sir Humphrey Davy
  Abominated gravy.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Mill

  John Stuart Mill,
  By a mighty effort of will,

  3 lines
• Clerihew-Cervantes

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

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Herrick

  Inspiration visited Herrick
  During a mixed foursome at North Berwick.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Voltaire

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

  3 lines
• Clerihew - James Jeans

  Sir James Jeans
  Always says what he means;

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Aeschylus

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

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Brougham

  When Macaulay found Brougham
  Sitting on a tomb,

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• Clerihew - Lambert Simnel

  True Lambert Simnel
  Was not a habitual criminal,

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Cotton

  One day the putting of Cotton
  Was so indescribably rotten

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Peter the Hermit

  Peter the Hermit
  Neglected to apply for a permit

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Charles Peace

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

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Cleopatra

  The one thing Cleopatra
  Never could abide was a flatterer.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - John Keats

  John Keats
  Amongst other noble feats

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Gay & Blake

  The meaning of the poet Gay
  Was always as clear as day,

  3 lines, 1 comment
• Clerihew - Dorothy L Sayers

  Miss Dorothy Sayers
  Never cared about the Himalayas.

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Burns

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

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Alexander Pope

  When Alexander Pope
  Accidentally trod on the soap

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Lewis Carroll

  Lewis Carroll
  Bought sumptuous apparel

  3 lines
• 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 - Martin Tupper

  Martin Tupper
  Sang for his supper;

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Henry the First

  Henry the First
  Ate lampreys till he burst.

  3 lines, 3 comments
• Clerihew - Hitler & Goering

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

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Victor Hugo

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

  3 lines
• Clerihew - Machiavelli

  Although Machiavelli
  Was extremely fond of jelly,

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