A chorus in “Atalanta in Calydon” commences:—
“For winter’s rains and ruins are over,
And all the season of snows and sins;
The days dividing lover and lover,
The light that loses, the night that wins.”
This passage was thus parodied by Mr. Austin Dobson:—
“For Mayfair’s balls and ballets are over,
And all the ‘Season’ of drums and dins;
The maids dividing lover and lover,
The wight that loses, the knight that wins;