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)

“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)

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