Wilbur

Famous quotes containing the word wilbur:

    Forgive the hero, you who would have died
    Gladly with all you knew; he rode that tide
    To Ararat; all men are Noah’s sons.
    —Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

    Oh none too soon through the air white and dry
    Will the clear announcer’s voice
    Beat like a dove, and you and I

    From the heart’s anarch and responsible town
    Return by subway-mouth to life again,
    Bearing the morning papers,
    —Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

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