Richard Wilbur Quote

Columbus and his men, they say, Conveyed the virus hither Whereby my features rot away And vital powers wither; Yet had they not traversed the seas And come infected back, Why, think of all the luxuries That modern life would lack.

Collected Poems, 1943-2004 (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004) - ISBN: 9780151011056