I think it better that in times like these

如今这年头，我以为

    A poet's mouth be silent, for in truth

诗人的嘴自当紧闭，

        We have no gift to set a statsman right;

说实话，我辈哪有匡扶政治的才学。

He has had enough of meddling who can please

何况他（诗人）已够累：

    A young girl in the indolence of her youth,

要和百无聊赖的少女打趣，

        Or an old man upon a winter's night.

要帮老头子消磨冬夜。