Gypsy Verses

Helen Hay Whitney (1875-1944), an American poet, was born Helen Julia Hay in Cleveland, Ohio, into a prominent political family. She was the daughter of John Milton Hay, an American statesman, diplomat, journalist, and private secretary to President Abraham Lincoln. Helen was well-educated and developed an interest in poetry at a young age. Her marriage in 1902 to Payne Whitney, a member of the in...