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)

“A devil told me it was all the same
Whether to fail by spirit or by sense.”
—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)