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Such daylight as followed was dim; for here as the Mountain drew near the air was ever mirky, while out from the Dark Tower there crept the veils of Shadow that Sauron wove about himself.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

All the mirky night they rode    O’er the dusky heathery down, Still a light like that of day    From their polished weapons shone.

From Ulf Van Yern and Other Ballads by Borrow, George Henry

His forehead, covered with his curls, is as a mirky night;      Unveiled, 'tis as a shining moon that thrusts the dark      aside.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John

Then came Upon her spirit sadness, as if blame Unuttered breathed through those remembered glades And touched the odors moist ’mong mirky shades.

From Lilith The Legend of the First Woman by Collier, Ada Langworthy

"A mirky night for a mirky deed," whispered the young man.

From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Bevan, Tom