VENUS

 

Gustav Holst’s bringer of peace

Second planet from the Sun,

Earth's "sister planet"

To the ancients

The Morning Star

Or the Evening Star

Shrouded by opaque

Highly reflective

Clouds of sulphuric acid

NEPTUNE

 

Gustav Holst’s Mystic

Farthest planet from the Sun

Beautiful ice giant

Whose brilliant blue

Appearance belies

The deadly atmosphere

Of frozen methane

URANUS

 

Gustav Holst’s magician

Beautiful ice giant

Whose clouds of methane

Present a featureless disk

Of blue-green colour

SATURN

 

Gustav Holst’s

The bringer of old age

In a state of perpetual storm

Saturn the mighty gas giant

With Iconic rings of dust and ice

An image comforting and reliant

MERCURY

 

Gustav Holst’s

Winged Messenger

The lifeless silver sphere

Races around our fiery star

As fast as its name sake

The fast-flying Roman deity,

Messenger to the gods

JUPITER

 

Gustav Holst’s

Bringer of Jollity

The mighty gas giant

Red belted Jupiter

Largest in the solar system

With its great red spot

A storm that has raged

For centuries

ARE YOU WEARING TINTED LENSES?

 

Are you wearing tinted lenses?

And the colour of vermillion

In normal light they look great

But at night you look like an alien