The Mind
The Balloon of the Mind
From The Wild Swans at Coole (1919)
The MindArts & Sciences
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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Codex Note
Four lines in which the poet tells his hands to do what they are bid and bring the balloon of the mind into its narrow shed.
Cite this poem
MLA
Yeats, W. B. “The Balloon of the Mind.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/52/.
Chicago
Yeats, W. B. “The Balloon of the Mind.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/52/.
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