Richard Wilbur Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
Richard Wilbur Quotes and Sayings
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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.
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To 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.
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What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you.
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