Because she orbits between the Earth and Sun, Venus is visible only in the morning or evening sky. Her volcanic 460°C surface lies below a dense atmosphere of carbon dioxide and clouds of water vapour and sulphuric acid. But then we all have our faults.
Though Venus is a planet,
To me she is a star:
Of all the heavenly bodies
Most beautiful by far.
I watch her in the evening
Before the stars come out,
A beacon in the twilight –
The only one about.
Then, as the heavens darken,
And Earth slides into night,
Still Venus blazes brightly
With never-twinkling light.
Her atmosphere is hellish:
You’d choke, be squashed, and fry.
I know; but I see only
Her beauty in the sky.