Poems (Tynan)/Toby's Hair

by Katharine Tynan

TOBY'S HAIR

Brown as salmon streams that hold
 Wanton sunbeams in their snare,
Bronze, and powdered through with gold—
      Toby's hair.

Swarms of dancing fireflies bright
 Shed on bracken, everywhere,
Till the dark is starred with light—
      Toby's hair.

Sparks upon a fire of peat
 Make a delicate flight in air,
So with sudden life is lit
      Toby's hair,

Silk and soft and fairy-spun,
 Such gold-brown as pansies wear.
See, it gathers all the sun,
      Toby's hair!