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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BALLOON OF THE MIND, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Hands, do what you're bid
Last Line: Into its narrow shed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Mind
First Line: Hands, do what you're bid
Last Line: Into its narrow shed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Mind
HANDS, do what you're bid:
Bring the balloon of the mind
That bellies and drags in the wind
Into its narrow shed.
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