Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

“The violent, neat and practiced skill
Was all he loved and all he learned;
When he was hit, his body turned
To clumsy dirt before it fell.

And what to say of him, God knows.
Such violence. And such repose.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

“And so with that most rare conception, nothing.
What is it, after all, but something missed?”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

“I started in to cry and call his name,

Asking forgiveness of his tongueless head.
. . . I dreamt the past was never past redeeming:
But whether this was false or honest dreaming
I beg death’s pardon now. And mourn the dead.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)