The author of The Waste Land, that obscure work of dark despair, began to accept assignments from the Anglican Church, tried his hand at Christmas verse and even wrote a series of captions for a patriotic exhibition of war photographs. (religion-online.org)
Still, dark despair does not always equal profundity, and the film, though effective in certain scenes, managed to leave me cold in the face of death. (chrisreedfilm.com)
So I'm a little confused, who said eternity would be a bottomless pit of dark despair? (religion.blogs.cnn.com)