JPablo
March 11, 2012, 05:40 PM
This is the title of a (or THE) T. S. Elliot poem (The Hollow Men)
Per Wikipedia,
The final stanza (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanza) may be the most quoted of all of Eliot's poetry;
This is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper.There must be several translations for the poem, but what is the best one you know?
(I am including my question, because "the world will end not with a bang but a whimper" is already a maxim and it has more connotations and nuances that the mere words...)
Per Wikipedia,
The final stanza (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanza) may be the most quoted of all of Eliot's poetry;
This is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper.There must be several translations for the poem, but what is the best one you know?
(I am including my question, because "the world will end not with a bang but a whimper" is already a maxim and it has more connotations and nuances that the mere words...)