Old Chesterton with his cherubs faceGreets Lewis by the fireplaceAnd Miss O’Connor dressed in southern graceCan’t keep up with Mr. William’s paceThe night concealedBut love revealedThe players in this sceneAnd Wimsey ridesThe Wizard’s TideIn Mr. Buechner’s dreamEliot in tweed and smokeLaughs at G.K.’s bawdy jokeAnd Carroll in his Oxford’s coatPulls a talking rabbit from his cloakArriving latePercy gravitatesTo miss Sayers and Mr. GreeneAnd Wimsey ridesThe Wizard’s TideIn Mr. Buechner’s dream