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6 Henry Cuyler Bunner Quotes

Henry Cuyler Bunner shares a wistful lament on love and fame, ideal for readers who like poetic melancholy.

Henry Cuyler Bunner quotes

  1. Love must kiss that mortal's eyes Who hopes to see fair Arcady. No gold can buy you entrance there; But beggared Love may go all bare- No wisdom won with weariness; But Love goes in with Folly's dress- No fame that wit could ever win; But only Love may lead Love in.

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  2. Ah woe is me, through all my days Wisdom and wealth I both have got, And fame and name and great men's praise; But Love, ah! Love I have it not.

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  1. Off with your hat, as the flag goes by! And let the heart have its say; you're man enough for a tear in your eye that you will not wipe away.

  2. It was an old, old, old, old lady, And a boy who was half-past three; And the way they played together Was beautiful to see.

  3. What does he plant who plants a tree? He plants the friend of sun and sky; He plants the flag of breezes free; The shaft of beauty, towering high, he plants a home to heaven anigh. For song and mother-croon of bird, in hushed and happy twilight heard - The treble of heaven's harmony. These things he plants who plants a tree.

  4. What does one plant who plants a tree? One plants the friend of sun and sky; One plants the flag of breezes free; The shaft of beauty towering high.