Which 20th century poet said: "This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper."?

This quote is on the first page of The Stand.

Considering the climate of the time, it is more likely to end with that big bang than a whimper.

wesley, White dwarf. :)

I missed this one. I was thinking of Yeats. "What foul beast slouches toward Bethlehem?" This one also appears in "The Stand," King's greatest book (IMO). And it was Dylan Thomas who wrote, "Do not go gentle into the good night. Rage! Rage! against the dying of the light."

in the book by Robert Townsend, until the Sun dies, our sun Will gradually grow to completely consume Mercury, Venus and Earth before it collapses to become a red dwarf.

Maestra!!! loved your comment!!! They'll probably bang their head into a wall while looking at their phone😂😂😂

This was immediately following WW1, when much of the population was disillusioned and pessimistic.

Whimper in some ways (everyone will be too busy looking at their phones) and a bang with the weather!

Angst and ennui.