So has a Daisy vanished 1
From the fields today－
So tiptoed many a slipper
To Paradise away－
Oozed so in crimson bubbles 5
Day's departing tide－
Blooming－tripping－flowing
Are ye then with God?
From the fields today－
So tiptoed many a slipper
To Paradise away－
Oozed so in crimson bubbles 5
Day's departing tide－
Blooming－tripping－flowing
Are ye then with God?
(F.19/J.28)
[1] Daisy:: daisy-cutter, a horse that in trotting lifts its feet only very slightly from the ground (OED 1b).
[1, 2] vanished, fields:: the horse escaped from the fields.
[3] slipper:: it trots low on the ground.
[4] Paradise:: a happy land, the wild.
[5] bubbles:: beads of sweat.
[6] tide:: a violent run.
[8] God:: a horse escaped and vanished in the wild, its heaven with God.
Daisy-Cutter. A jockey term for a horse that does not lift up his legs sufficiently, or goes too near the ground, and is, therefore, apt to stumble. ─ The Farrier and Naturalist (1828)
The careless daisy-cutter, however pleasant on the turf, should indeed be avoided; but it is a rule, not often understood, and sometimes disputed, but which experience will fully confirm—that the safety of the horse depends a great deal more on the manner in which he puts hfs feet down, than on that in which he lifts them up. ─ The Horse: With a Treatise on Draught (1872)