| 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. |
| 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. |