On Being Asked for a War Poem

时间：2007-09-27 07:56:21

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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 meddling1 who can please

    A young girl in the indolence of her youth，

    Or an old man upon a winter‘s night.


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1 meddling meddling     
v.干涉，干预（他人事务）( meddle的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • He denounced all "meddling" attempts to promote a negotiation. 他斥责了一切“干预”促成谈判的企图。 来自辞典例句
  • They liked this field because it was never visited by meddling strangers. 她们喜欢这块田野，因为好事的陌生人从来不到那里去。 来自辞典例句

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