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 THE LITTLE GROUP GIVES A PAGAN MASQUE

The Little Group gave a party
 * And all of the gods were there,

From Thor to Miss Susan Astarte
 * With doo-daddles gemming her hair,

Bill Baldur and Jane Aphrodite,
 * Dick Vishnu and Benny O'Baal,

And Bacchus came on in a nightie
 * With little pink snakes on the tail;

Latin, Phœnician and Hindu,
 * Norse and Egyptian and Chink….

Castor was watching his Twin do
 * Stunts, with a brotherly wink….

Persephone swearing by Hades….
 * A Norn and a Sibylline Simp….

A Momus, who showed to the ladies
 * The latest Olympian limp.

Was Hermione present? By Crikey!
 * (This Crikey's a Whitechapel joss)

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