Emily Dickinson

Ah, Teneriffe!

666 Ah, Teneriffe! Retreating Mountain! Purples of Ages — pause for you — Sunset — reviews her Sapphire Regiment — Day — drops you her Red Adieu! Still — Clad in your Mail of ices — Thigh of Granite — and thew — of Steel — Heedless — alike — of pomp — or parting Ah, Teneriffe! I'm kneeling — still —