Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

“If the juggler is tired now, if the broom stands
In the dust again, if the table starts to drop
Through the daily dark again, and though the plate
Lies flat on the table top,
For him we batter our hands
Who has won for once over the world’s weight.”
—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)