Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

    Great mammoths overthrown
    Composedly have made their long sojourns,
    Like palaces of patience, in the gray
    And changeless lands of ice.
    —Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

    Once in his lifetime every artist feels the hand of God and creates something that comes alive.
    —Crane Wilbur (1889–1973)

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