Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

    I’m going to give the people what they want. Sensation, horror, shock. Send them out in the streets to tell their friends how wonderful it is to be scared to death.
    —Crane Wilbur (1889–1973)

    If the juggler is tired now, if the broom stands
    In the dust again, if the table starts to drop
    Through the daily dark again, and though the plate
    Lies flat on the table top,
    For him we batter our hands
    Who has won for once over the world’s weight.
    —Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

    Forgive the hero, you who would have died
    Gladly with all you knew; he rode that tide
    To Ararat; all men are Noah’s sons.
    —Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)