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The Balloon.

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You've seen balloons set, haven't you?     So stately they ascend     It is as swans discarded you     For duties diamond.     Their liquid feet go softly out     Upon a sea of blond;     They spurn the air as 't were too mean     For creatures so renowned.     Their ribbons just beyond the eye,     They struggle some for breath,     And yet the crowd applauds below;     They would not encore death.     The gilded creature strains and spins,     Trips frantic in a tree,     Tears open her imperial veins     And tumbles in the sea.     The crowd retire with an oath     The dust in streets goes down,     And clerks in counting-rooms observe,     ''T was only a balloon.'

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"You've seen balloons set, haven't you?..."

Exploring the themes of classic, Emily Elizabeth Dickinson delivers a powerful performance in "The Balloon."... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

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