The little dog lay curled and did not rise But slept the deeper as the ashes rose, And found the people incomplete. -Richard Wilbur

 

The little dog lay curled and did not rise But slept the deeper as the ashes rose, And found the people incomplete.


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The little dog lay curled and did not rise But slept the deeper as the ashes rose, And found the people incomplete.

Richard Wilbur

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.

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.

Richard Wilbur

That's what (Hill) died for, the right for people to protest. But I don't think a funeral is the right place or context in the way they are protesting. It's not something the family needs to hear, that we're glad your son's dead and that your minister is a whore.

Richard Wilbur