So the Eyes accost ― and sunder

So the Eyes accost ― and sunder
In an Audience ―
Stamped ― occasionally ― forever ―
So may Countenance

Entertain ― without addressing
Countenance of One
In a Neighboring Horizon ―
Gone ― as soon as known ―

Emily Dickinson

Emily successfully immortalized the Leonids in 1833 in verse; the most famous meteor shower throughout history. Her compact writing style is appropriate for ephemeral beauty of meteors.

So the meteors greet and separate
In viewers ―
Stamped ―occasionally ― forever ―
So one meteor may entertain

Without greeting another meteor,
That is gone in a neighboring horizon ―
As soon as they got to know each other ―