text_original: Lenox, if Venus is as nice as she looks from here I don't think I shall want to go back. It reminds me of Tennyson's Lotus Eaters, 'the Land where it is always afternoon.' "I think you are right after all. We are thirty million miles nearer to the Sun than we were on the Earth, and the light and heat have to filter through those clouds.
text_transcription: LENNOX IF VENUS IS AS NICE AS SHE LOOKS FROM HERE I DON'T THINK I SHALL WANT TO GO BACK IT REMINDS ME OF TENNYSON'S LOTO CEDARS THE LAND WHERE IT IS ALWAYS AFTERNOON I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT AFTER ALL WE ARE THIRTY MILLION MILES NEARER TO THE SUN THAN WE WERE ON THE EARTH AND THE LIGHT AND HEAT HAVE TO FILTER THROUGH THOSE CLOUDS
phonemes: lˈɛnɑːks, ɪf vˈiːnəs ɪz æz nˈaɪs æz ʃiː lˈʊks fɹʌm hˈɪɹ aɪ dˈoʊnt θˈɪŋk aɪʃˌɐl wˈɔnt tə ɡˌoʊ bˈæk. ɪt ɹᵻmˈaɪndz mˌiː ʌv tˈɛnɪsənz lˈoʊɾəs ˈiːɾɚz, ðə lˈænd wˌɛɹ ɪɾ ɪz ˈɔːlweɪz ˌæftɚnˈuːn. "aɪ θˈɪŋk juː ɑːɹ ɹˈaɪt ˈæftɚɹ ˈɔːl. wiː ɑːɹ θˈɜːɾi mˈɪliən mˈaɪlz nˈɪɹɚ tə ðə sˈʌn ðɐn wiː wɜːɹ ɔnðɪ ˈɜːθ, ænd ðə lˈaɪt ænd hˈiːt hæv tə fˈɪltɚ θɹuː ðoʊz klˈaʊdz.