| Clerihew | Person |
| Sir ____/ abominated gravy/ and lived in the odium/ of having discovered sodium. | |
| Sir ____/ is smarter than you are/ none of you asses/ can liquefy gases | |
| Did ____/ depart/ with the thought/ therefore I'm not. | |
| When ____/ found the phrase 'financial sharks'/ he sang a te deum/ in the British Museum | |
| _____/ by a mighty effort of will/ overcame his natural bonhomie/ and wrote 'Principles of Political Economy' | |
| Sir ____ said/ I am going to dine with some men/ If anyone calls/ say I'm designing St. Paul's. | |
| ____/ lived a long time ago/ he had nothing to do so/ he wrote 'Robinson Crusoe' | |
| ____/ liked to say 'Ach'/ and instead of saying 'Guten Morgen'/ he played 'Toccata and Fugue' on the organ | |
| Lord ____/ once succumbed to a Siren/ his flesh was weak/ hers Greek. | |
| When the young ____/ was told to kiss his aunt/ he obeyed the categorical 'must'/ but only just. | |