grow dim

Earth’s joys grow dim; its glories pass away,

Miller did not comment directly on the likelihood that the Ghani government could collapse as soon as six months after the U.S. troop withdrawal, but he said it was crucial for government officials and rival politicians to “unify” as the war intensifies and hopes for peace grow dim.

As chances grow dim in the Senate that the impeachment trial of President Trump will include witnesses, three questions loom over the proceedings: What did John Bolton know, when did he know it, and when will we hear Bolton’s story?

“There is a time, I presume,” Kurtz says, “in every man’s life when the lights grow dim and the battle seems lost, and he needs all the dead men of history to arise, and to assure him with a single united voice that battles can be won.”

As the night wears on, the lights grow dim and — you knew this was coming — the noise approaches that of a power mower.