Tumbling-hair

Tumbling-hair - meaning Summary

Innocence and Observation

This brief lyric sketches a scene of two figures gathering flowers. The speaker watches a "tumbling-hair" picker move through a field of small blooms and "big bullying daisies," noting both delight and a faint sorrow in the observer's eyes. The arrival of "another" who also picks flowers suggests shared attention or gentle rivalry. The poem registers fleeting tenderness, simple natural detail, and an ambiguous emotional undercurrent.