It's too late for this to be a political poem, but Paradise Lost is late for all sorts of reasons.

要写一首政治诗歌太晚了，但弥尔顿这么晚才写《失乐园》有多方面的原因。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But I am telling you this after you already signed up for the class so it is too late to leave.

我在你们选了这门课后才挑明,想退课也晚了。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选