Who said the world would end not in a bang but a whimper. Was he a poet?

ts eliot. \"this is the way the world ends/not with a bang, but a whimper.\"
i don\'t remember which poem it is, tho.

T. S. Eliot \"The Hollow Men\" from: Poems 1925
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Regards, Alexander

Lee,

The line is from TS Eliot\'s The Hollow Men. Here is the final stanza:

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper

I hope this helps,

Les Gartner