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Quotes from The Beacon — Richard Wilbur

1921–2017 United States

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The beacon-blaze unsheathing turns
The face of darkness pale
And now with one grand chop gives clearance to
Our human visions . . .

The Beacon (1952)

Founded on rock and facing the night-fouled sea
A beacon blinks at its own brilliance,
Over and over with cutlass gaze
Solving the Gordian waters ...

The Beacon (1952)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Richard Wilbur (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.