Top 25 Quotes by Richard Wilbur of 30 - Page 2

It is not tricks of sense But the time's fright within me which distracts Least fancies into violence

It is not tricks of sense But the time's fright within me which distracts Least fancies into violence

Richard Wilbur

Violence, Fancy, Tricks

1969 Walking to Sleep, 'On the Marginal Way'.

To claim, at a dead party, to have spotted a grackle, When in fact you haven't of late, can do no harm.

Richard Wilbur

Truth, Lying, Party

Richard Wilbur (2006). “Collected Poems 1943-2004”, p.83, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

What you hope for Is that at some point of the pointless journey, Indoors or out, and when you least expect it, Right in the middle of your stride, like that, So neatly that you never feel a thing, The kind assassin Sleep will draw a bead And blow your brains out.

Richard Wilbur

Sleep, Blow, Journey

Richard Wilbur (2006). “Collected Poems 1943-2004”, p.237, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Your hands hold roses always in a way that says They are not only yours; the beautiful changes In such kind ways, Wishing ever to sunder Things and things' selves for a second finding, to lose For a moment all that it touches back to wonder.

Richard Wilbur

Beautiful, Self, Hands

Richard Wilbur (2012). “Poems of Richard Wilbur”, p.233, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt