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Henry Cuyler Bunner Quotes

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

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.

Henry Cuyler Bunner
Mother, Song, Twilight
Henry Cuyler Bunner, “The Heart Of The Tree”

Love must kiss that mortal's eyesWho 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.

Henry Cuyler Bunner
Kissing, Winning, Gold
Henry Cuyler Bunner (1896). “The Poems of H. C. Bunner ...”

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

Henry Cuyler Bunner
Men, Woe Is Me, Names
Henry Cuyler Bunner, “The Way To Arcady”

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.

Henry Cuyler Bunner
Heart, Patriotic, Eye
Henry Cuyler Bunner (1896). “The Poems of H.C. Bunner ...”

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.

Henry Cuyler Bunner
Beautiful, Boys, Past
Henry Cuyler Bunner, “One, Two, Three!”

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.

Henry Cuyler Bunner
Nature, Sky, Tree

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