At midnight Apollo came driving
Full pelt, in a neat four-in-hand!
In passing Parnassus he'd popp'd in,
And brought on the Muses inside;
Minerva soon afterwards dropp'd in,
And Vulcan, escorting his bride.
Lovely Venus was quite condescending,
(But chroniclers freely confess,
She was not in the habit of spending
Extravagant sums upon dress.)