I would like to try to pretend I have created the phrase myself, but in fact I have come across “bitter sky” twice.
First, in the second stanza of Shakespeare’s poem “Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind”:
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, Thou dost not bite so nigh
Second, in the first stanza of Saves the Day’s song “Nightingale”:
And I will flail under these lights, that seep down from the bitter sky tonight
“Bitter” and “sky” is a beautiful combination, that I was never able to forget it ever since I had heard of it.
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The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Bitter Sky?
The Name
where bitter sky comes from
I would like to try to pretend I have created the phrase myself, but in fact I have come across “bitter sky” twice.
First, in the second stanza of Shakespeare’s poem “Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind”:
Second, in the first stanza of Saves the Day’s song “Nightingale”:
“Bitter” and “sky” is a beautiful combination, that I was never able to forget it ever since I had heard of it.
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