Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

“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)

“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)

“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)