W.B.Yeats - POLITICS

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POLITICS
i{'In out time the destiny of man presents its meaning in political terms.'}
THOMAS MANN

HOW can I, that girl standing there,
My attention fix
On Roman or on Russian
Or on Spanish politics?
Yet here's a travelled man that knows
What he talks about,
And there's a politician
That has read and thought,
And maybe what they say is true
Of war and war's alarms,
But O that I were young again
And held her in my arms!