W. B. Yeats, who had been asked to write a war poem, wrote the following poem.
On Being Asked For a War Poem’
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.
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