Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

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

“Haul them off! Hide them!
The heart winces
For junk and gimcrack,
for jerrybuilt things
And the men who make them
for a little money,”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

“And so with that most rare conception, nothing.
What is it, after all, but something missed?”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)