Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

“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)

“The tall camels of the spirit
Steer for their deserts,”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

“The rare original heartsblood goes,
Spends on the earthen hide, in the folds and wizenings, flows

In the gutters of the banked and staring eyes.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)