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083_46ec (On Being Asked for a War Poem)

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On Being Asked for a War Poem | William Butler Yeats

I think it better that in times like these
A poet keep his mouth shut, for in truth
We have no gift to set a statesman right;

He has had enough of meddling who can please
A young girl in the indolence of her youth,
Or an old man upon a winter's night.

1920

Credit: San Francisco Public Library

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