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Richard Wilbur Lyrics
(1-1 of 1 song lyrics)Average rating for Richard Wilbur songs is 7.94/10 [17 votes]. Selected popular Richard Wilbur song of Sunday, December 22 2024 is "Love Calls Us To The Things Of This World".
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Richard Purdy Wilbur (born March 1, 1921), is an American poet.When only eight years old, Wilbur published his first poem in John Martin's Magazine. His first book, The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems appeared in 1947. Since then he has published several volumes of poetry, including New and Collected Poems (Faber, 1989). Wilbur is also a translator, specializing in the 17th century French comedies of Molière and the dramas of Jean Racine. Continuing the tradition of Robert Frost and W. H. Auden, Wilbur's poetry finds illumination in everyday experiences. Less well-known is Wilbur's foray into lyric writing. He provided many of the finer lyrical touches in Leonard Bernstein's 1956 musical, Candide.His honors include a P...
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