Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

“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)

“Roland, who to Charles his King
And to the dove that hatched the dovetailed world
Was faithful unto death, and shamed the Devil.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

“Yet the things themselves
in thoughtless honor
Have kept composure,”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)