On Being Asked For A War Poem

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Title:     On Being Asked For A War Poem
Author: William Butler Yeats [More Titles by 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.

[The end]
William Butler Yeats's poem: On Being Asked For A War Poem

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