mirk
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He had taken that tree, and that tree, and that rock as markers of the path...but there was no path, only the mirk, and the twilight, and the pale trees.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
And out of the gathering mirk the Nazgûl came with their cold voices crying words of death; and then all hope was quenched.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
The darkness grew more dense, and tongues of lightning flashed continuously out of the mirk sky.
From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.
But never slow at morn or mirk was our Aunt Jean of Wa's by the Garpel burn.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
O naebody was wi' me, father, O naebody has been wi' me; The night is misty and mirk, father, Yee may gang to the door and see.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
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