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Henry Cuyler Bunner

I lived from 1855-1896. I was from the United States, and am in the Americas category.

Considered one of the best American short story writers of the late 19th century, Henry Cuyler Bunner was especially well-known as the editor of the humor magazine, Puck, serving from 1878-1896.

Bunner published several novels, including A Woman of Honor (1883), Airs from Arcady and In Partnership (both in 1884), and The Midge (1886). He is frequently quoted as having written, "Shakespeare is a dramatist of note who lived by writing things to quote."

Most Famous Works

* Editor, Puck (1878-1896)
* The Midge (1886)
* Short Sixes: Stories to Be Read While the Candle Burns (1891)

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  • The Light
    There is no shadow where my love is laid;
    For (ever thus I fancy in my dream
    16 lines
  • "One, Two, Three!"
    It was an old, old, old, old lady,
    And a boy that was half-past three;
    50 lines
  • The Heart Of The Tree
    WHAT does he plant who plants a tree?
    He plants a friend of sun and sky;
    27 lines
  • Strong as Death
    Death, when thou shalt come to me
    Out of thy dark, where she is now,
    4 lines
  • Only Love May Lead Love In
    Love must kiss that mortal’s eyes
    Who hopes to see fair Arcady.
    9 lines
  • A Dead Woman
    Not a kiss in life; but one kiss, at life’s end,
    I have set on the face of Death in trust for thee.
    4 lines
  • The Way To Arcady
    OH, what's the way to Arcady,
    To Arcady, To Arcady;
    90 lines
  • A Pitcher of Mignonette
    A pitcher of mignonette
    In a tenement's highest casement,—
    9 lines
  • Feminine
    She might have known it in the earlier Spring,--
    That all my heart with vague desire was stirred;
    8 lines
  • Grant
    Smile on, thou new-come Spring—if on thy breeze
    The breath of a great man go wavering up
    49 lines
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