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."