William Butler Yeats - Politics lyrics

"In our time the destiny of man presents its meanings 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!