Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

“Mind in its purest play is like some bat
That beats about in caverns all alone,
Contriving by a kind of senseless wit
Not to conclude against a wall of stone.”
—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)

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