Comments on: Atlantis – W.H.Auden http://niksnexus.net/weblog/2006/10/atlantis-whauden/ the weblog @ niksnexus: a mere node in the greater pulsing plexus of things Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Neptunian http://niksnexus.net/weblog/2006/10/atlantis-whauden/comment-page-1/#comment-6895 Neptunian Mon, 19 May 2008 02:26:17 +0000 http://niksnexus.net/weblog/?p=24#comment-6895 ... quite perceptive of you. I don't recall who's translation I used here, but a quick search reveals both variations. Quite a significant extra line (though I prefer the poem without it!) … quite perceptive of you. I don’t recall who’s translation I used here, but a quick search reveals both variations. Quite a significant extra line (though I prefer the poem without it!)

]]> By: Phil http://niksnexus.net/weblog/2006/10/atlantis-whauden/comment-page-1/#comment-6893 Phil Sun, 18 May 2008 07:38:18 +0000 http://niksnexus.net/weblog/?p=24#comment-6893 Why is it that this poem has the words: "Descend, you should still be proud Just to peep at Atlantis" whereas other versions of the same poem has the words: "Descend, you should still be proud Even to have been allowed Just to peep at Atlantis" ? Why is it that this poem has the words:

“Descend, you should still be proud
Just to peep at Atlantis”

whereas other versions of the same poem has the words:

“Descend, you should still be proud
Even to have been allowed
Just to peep at Atlantis” ?

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