They say great men have unhappy youths or sleep with a great many.
From Alexander’s time onwards they’ve been equivocal about the fanny.
Although it’s fair to say that Lord Byron had an affair with his half-sister,
the ensuing scandal caused the incestuous bard to gallantly desist her.
However, his daughter, Ada Lovelace, went on to pioneer computing,
an achievement the significance of which there can be no disputing.
Sigmund Freud was prone to probe the riddle of the Sphynx.
Sir Isaac Newton was a vicious man to cross, he regarded foes as finks.
Leonardo was a bastard who wrote backwards and failed to consummate
many of his commissions, while Hans Christian Anderson just failed to mate.
And John Ruskin, the great art critic, as everyone’s aware
fainted at the sight of his wife’s pubic hair.