On Being Asked for a War Poem
By William Butler Yeats
I think it better that in times like these
A poet's mouth be silent, 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.
On Being Asked for a War Poem
By William Butler Yeats
