Edmund Clerihew Bentley Poems

I regard Zinghis Khan
As rather an over-rated man.
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In later life Methuselah
Became a hopeless foozler.
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The Empress Maria Theresa
Had a poodle called Sneezer
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Dame Laura Knight
Had unusually keen sight.
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Rupert of the Rhine
Thought Cromwell was a swine,
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Lewis Carroll
Bought sumptuous apparel
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Henry the First
Ate lampreys till he burst.
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I believe it was admitted by Scott
That some of his novels were rot.
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When Alexander Pope
Accidentally trod on the soap
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The one thing Cleopatra
Never could abide was a flatterer.
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