Edmund Clerihew Bentley Poems

George the Third
Ought never to have occurred.
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Father Brown
Gained wide renown.
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Edward the Confessor
Slept under the dresser.
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Chapman & Hall
Swore not at all.
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The art of Biography
Is different from Geography.
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It was a rule of Leonardo da Vinci's
Not to put his trust in princes.
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Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Was usually Mistah Bones
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Bishop Stubbs
Was expelled from all his clubs
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Louis Dixhuit
Got decidely cold feet
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Alexander of Macedon
Became gloomy and taciturn
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