Richard Wilbur's Quotes
Born: 1921-03-01
Profession: Poet
Nation: American
Biography of Richard Wilbur
It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the back of his mind, a congress of all those who have taught him and whom he has admired; they constitute his ideal audience and his better self.
Tags: Great, Mind, TrueTo this congress the poet speaks not of peculiar and personal things, but of what in himself is most common, most anonymous, most fundamental, most true of all men.
Tags: Men, Personal, True