Source: The Kiss of Deception
“The moon is darkened in the sky
As if grief 's shade were passing by;”
The London Literary Gazette, 1823
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As if grief 's shade were passing by;" by Letitia Elizabeth Landon?
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“Let the storm rage and the sky darken — not for that shall we be dismayed.”
Pope Pius X
(1835–1914) Catholic Pope and saint
As quoted in The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Popes and the Papacy (2001) by Brandon Toropov, p. 26
Context: Let the storm rage and the sky darken — not for that shall we be dismayed. If we trust as we should in Mary, we shall recognize in her, the Virgin Most Powerful "who with virginal foot did crush the head of the serpent.
Gracious Moonlight.
The House of Life (1870—1881)
“The swarm of ducks so darkens the sky that poor Europe does not know which way to go”
Honoré Daumier
(1808–1879) French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor
original French text: 'La nuée des canards obscurcissant tellement l'air que la pauvre Europe ne sait plus quel chemin prendre'
title/caption in Daumier's print; published in 'La Caricature', 1833-35; number 3601 in the catalogue raisonné by Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré, Vol. 28 (New York: Da Capo Press, 1969); as quoted on samfoxschool http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/node/11263#footnote-1-ref
The word 'canards' refers to physical ducks; it also means unfounded rumors or exaggerated stories. Ducks, symbolizing rumors was a visual motif Daumier used both before and after this print
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