Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

    But ceremony never did conceal,
    Save to the silly eye, which all allows,
    How much we are the woods we wander in.
    —Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

    It is always a matter, my darling,
    Of life or death, as I had forgotten. I wish
    What I wished you before, but harder.
    —Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

    The tall camels of the spirit
    Steer for their deserts,
    —Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)