I think it better that in times like these

我以为，在这样的时候，

    A poet's mouth be silent, for in truth

一个诗人最好还是闭口无言，

        We have no gift to set a statsman right;

因为我们实在没有纠正一位政治家的天才，

He has had enough of meddling who can please

况且我们饶舌的机会很多：

    A young girl in the indolence of her youth,

不是取悦于一个娇懒的青春少女，

        Or an old man upon a winter's night.

便是在一个冬夜给一位老丈解闷。