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 both 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.

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W.B. Yeats: 'Politics' read by Fiona Shaw
W.B. Yeats: 'Politics' read by Patrick Kennedy
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W.B. Yeats: 'Politics' read by Fiona Shaw
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