Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

“Mind in its purest play is like some bat
That beats about in caverns all alone,
Contriving by a kind of senseless wit
Not to conclude against a wall of stone.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

“All true enough: and true as well that she
Was beautiful, and danced, and is now dead.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

“A devil told me it was all the same
Whether to fail by spirit or by sense.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)