A Passing Glimpse Poem by Robert Frost

A Passing Glimpse

Rating: 4.6


To Ridgely Torrence
On Last Looking into His 'Hesperides'

I often see flowers from a passing car
That are gone before I can tell what they are.

I want to get out of the train and go back
To see what they were beside the track.

I name all the flowers I am sure they weren't;
Not fireweed loving where woods have burnt-

Not bluebells gracing a tunnel mouth-
Not lupine living on sand and drouth.

Was something brushed across my mind
That no one on earth will ever find?

Heaven gives it glimpses only to those
Not in position to look too close.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Edward Kofi Louis 10 March 2016

Torrrence! ! With the muse of nature. Thanks for sharing.

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Wow, very touching. 19 April 2019

This is amazing. I should show this to my kids sometime I really believe they can reflect from it.

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Sheen 27 July 2018

Nice poem with an beautiful meaning

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Chinedu Dike 21 August 2022

An insightful work of art nicely put together

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Ruta Mohapatra 21 August 2022

Heaven gives it glimpses only to those Not in position to look too close.....wonderful!

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Adeeb Alfateh 18 November 2020

Heaven gives it glimpses only to those Not in position to look too close. // heaven gives its glimpses to those who are really divine souls carry

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Likhil 22 February 2020

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Likhil 22 February 2020

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