We milk the cow of the world, and as we do We whisper in he… - Richard Wilbur

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We milk the cow of the world, and as we do
We whisper in her ear, "You are not true."

Richard Wilbur

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Richard Purdy Wilbur (1 March 1921 - 14 October 2017) was an American poet and literary translator. He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987, and twice received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1957 and again in 1989.

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We milk the cow of the world, and as we do We whisper in her ear, "You are not true." - Richard Wilbur

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