Herbs and Apples

Herbs and Apples is a collection of short poetry by Helen Hay Whitney. Whitney was an American poet, writer and philanthropist. Excerpt: «She is the youngest of the dead, And so the great lean round her feet; They strive to learn from her fair head Why far-forgotten life was sweet. For now she knows what Plato knows, And lapped in languor she agrees With Kant, and as her soft hair blows, Smiling, she flouts Demosthenes.»