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The Second Coming. It is beyond extraordinary. The power of the images is utterly breathtaking. However, your version does not have the words of the poem as it
by ternaryoperator 12y ago
The Second Coming. It is beyond extraordinary. The power of the images is utterly breathtaking.
However, your version does not have the words of the poem as it's generally published. I've never seen your version. Italics below show the more common wording.
"When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi /
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert /
A shape with lion body and the head of a man, /
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,..."
- esja 12y agoYou're right... I copied it from the top search result (http://www.potw.org/archive/potw351.html http://www.potw.org/archive/potw351.html), which seems to be the 1920 version. There have been others since, and Wikipedia uses the newer wording.