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THE BALLOON OF THE MIND by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Poet Analysis

First Line: HANDS, DO WHAT YOU'RE BID
Last Line: INTO ITS NARROW SHED.
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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