Emily Dickinson Lexicon

daisy (daisies), n. [OE dæges ēage, eye of day.] (webplay: globe, greater).

1. Graveyard flower; funeral blossom; [fig.] death; other deceased people.
2. Common flower having a center like a gold coin; popular bloom with a yellow disk and a ray of white petals; [fig.] handmaiden; disciple; follower; ordinary being; mortal person.
3. Simple floral gift; [fig.] commoner; humble servant.
4. Flourishing plant; field blossom; garden bloom; [personification] multitude; human race; people of a nation.
5. Perennial bloom; early spring flower; blossom that returns annually; [fig.] resurrected one; rejuvenated being; restored life.
6. Margarita; bloom that closes its petals at night and opens them in the morning; blossoming plant that grows abundantly on grassy hills and meadows.