THE SPUR
You think it horrible that lust and rage
Sould dance attention upon my old age;
They were not such a plague when I was young;
What else have I to spur me into song?
W. B. Yeats
Parece-te horrível que luxúria e ira
Cortejem a minha velhice;
Quando jovem não me flagelavam assim;
Que mais tenho eu que esporeie até cantar?
(Trad. J.A.Baptista)
