A Sonnet, in the English Style

'A Show of Olympic Magnitude'

Bellicose Mars arrives all vengance and rage;
Agile Mercury darts around the packed hall;
Calm Venus brings serenity like a sage;
Lofty Jupiter inspires awe from all,
Noble and transcendent as his giant roar
of mirth and gaiety fills the Grand Stage;
Sombre Saturn's entrace means that no more
shall jollity spring (this was fated, like old age);
Enchanting Uranus will subtly decieve:
a trickster and magician fills the scene.
Mysterious Neptune pleases the naïve
but remains regal and proud like a Queen.

It's not the Greek Gods that have me entralled:
Holst's The Planets played in a concert hall!