CB: Is that why the world ends, not with a bang , but a whimper ?
We're getting into trivialities, but _The Hollow Men_ is just a dull poem.
(From memory):
Yet say this to the Possum With a bang, not a whimper, ....
Pisan Cantos
Or perhaps it reads:
With a bang, not a whimper, with a bang
It's been awhile since I read it.