The Balloon of the Mind
Hands, do what you're bid; Bring the balloon of the mind That bellies and drags in the wind Into its narrow shed.
W. B. Yeats
Hands, do what you're bid; Bring the balloon of the mind That bellies and drags in the wind Into its narrow shed.
In four short lines, the speaker addresses his own hands with a firm command: do what you are told. The “balloon of the mind” is a wonderful image for a wandering, inflated, unmanageable thought or imagination.
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