Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

“A barn shall harbour heaven,
A stall become a shrine.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

“Forgive the hero, you who would have died
Gladly with all you knew; he rode that tide
To Ararat; all men are Noah’s sons.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

“Great mammoths overthrown
Composedly have made their long sojourns,
Like palaces of patience, in the gray
And changeless lands of ice.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)