Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

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

“The good grey guardians of art
Patrol the halls on spongy shoes,
Impartially protective, though
Perhaps suspicious of Toulouse.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

“Young as she is, the stuff
Of her life is a great cargo, and some of it heavy:
I wish her a lucky passage.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)