Because I do not hope to know The infirm glory of the positive hour Because I do not think Because I know I shall not know The one veritable transitory power Because I cannot drink There, where trees flower, and springs flow, for there is nothing again

Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope I no longer strive to str…

Because I know that time is always time And place is always and only place And what is actual is actual only for one time And only for one place I rejoice that…

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.