Henry Cuyler Bunner

Henry Cuyler Bunner (3 August 1855 – 11 May 1896) was an American novelist and poet born in Oswego, New York.

• 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.
  • The Way to Arcady. Compare Louise Chandler Moulton, The Secret of Arcady (1892).

• 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.
  • The Way to Arcady (1892).

• Works by Henry Cuyler Bunner at Project Gutenberg
• Free audio recording of "The Nice People" from Librivox
• Some H. C. Bunner stories, including 'What Mrs. Fortescue Did' and 'Zenobia's Infidelity' are read in Mister Ron's Basement Podcast