Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

“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)

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