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And for those for whom the original is not sufficiently challenging we have the Thoroughew: http://www.mindspring.com/~dcqv/verse.htm
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Hmm. Ideally there should be a theme running through the verse and the anagram that is associated with the subject. You could waste a lot of time on that. It transcends being a snappy way of expressing a possibly clever thought and becomes a challenge. I didn't get where I am today by taking on challenges (pace Reggie Perrin's boss - CJ wasn't it?).
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No, I checked. It is by Anthony Butts, about whom I know nothing.
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Sir Edmund Hillary,
Unfamiliar with prison and pillory,
Vowed he would never rest
Until he’d climbed Mount Everest.
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'Prison' and 'pillory' seem a little gratuitous. Are you referring to an episode in Sir Edmund's life that I don't know about? Or is 'pillory' the only rhyme for Hillary?
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I could have said "unacquainted" instead of "unfamiliar," I suppose.
Gratuitous, perhaps. It made sense (because a good man would be unfamiliar with those places) and made me smile. This is one clerihew I dashed off in about 5 minutes. Perhaps it shows.
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I didn't have any problems with it. I took it just the way Coff explained it. These things are, I think, supposed to be dashed off quickly. They're not exactly ballades or Petrarchan sonnets.
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I didn't intend to be picky - sorry if it came out that way. I was just wondering if there was more behind it was all. Should have emoticonned. [kuriosity killing kat-e]
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Or is 'pillory' the only rhyme for Hillary?
It was the only rhyming word that came to mind yesterday; however, this morning I thought of this one for you: Sir Edmund Hillary,
Having dodged the Nazi's artillery,
Vowed he would never rest
Until he'd climbed Mount Everest.This way it is a little more biographical. No offense taken. 
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I *do like that! I was trying to work in 'fritillary', but I think I'll give up. Not sure if you get butterflies on the high Himalayan peaks. 
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