Blue Ridge

Blue Ridge - meaning Summary

Enduring Presence and Transience

The poem contrasts the mountain’s vast, patient permanence with the brief lives that pass around it. The speaker imagines the Blue Ridge as having existed for ages, witnessing generations of women living and being buried, while human events and beauties—racehorses, women, morning lights—are transient. The closing line expresses simple gratitude: the speaker values having seen these fleeting and enduring forms of beauty in life.