"Dark despair" refers to a deep and overwhelming feeling of sadness, hopelessness, and unhappiness.
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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.
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.
So I'm a little confused, who said eternity would be a bottomless pit
of dark despair?
I must remember that even in
the dark despair of the moment, God is at work to bright forth light, love, joy, and hope.
You sang as if you knew me in all
my dark despair.
The author of The Waste Land, that obscure work of
dark despair,...
So when parts of my life die, whether by design or by poor choices, I must remember that even in
the dark despair of the moment, God is at work to bright forth light, love, joy, and hope.
Two thousand years later, the average person still languished in the corners of
dark despair and finds himself an exile in his own mind and home and neighborhood.
Stick to it — it really helps, even in
the dark despair that this can feel like sometimes.
If I died tomorrow he would have saved me from the deepest,
darkest despair.
The employer has no real friends except for the servant, in good part because he is given to sarcasm, periods of
dark despair, temper tantrums, and hypochondriacal illnesses, alternating with intense self - appreciation.
- The Spectator (UK) «In this slyly funny and thrillingly original work, Max Porter somehow pulls a brand new story out of
the darkest despair.»