Richard Wilbur Quotes
Oh, let there be nothing on earth but laundry,
Nothing but rosy hands in the rising steam
And clear dances done in the sight of heaven.
Wilbur, Richard. "Love Calls Us to the Things of This World." Things of This World. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956, p. 5.
He was a great military leader who conquered much of India as well as the Middle East. Warfare was such a way of life for him that most of his joys and problems came while on a military campaign. He knew little else. He is often referred to as the Muslim Napoleon for his love of and prowess in war. The graphic shows him with his army.
Richard Purdy Wilbur was an American poet and literary translator. One of the foremost poets of his generation, Wilbur's work, composed primarily in traditional forms, was marked by its wit, charm, and gentlemanly elegance. He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987 and received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry twice, in 1957 and 1989.
