Thunder And Night From The East

"Night rolled out of the east, like a message from Soviet lands plunged into chaos and murder."
-Poul Anderson, "Marius" IN Anderson, The Complete Psychotechnic League, Volume 1 (Riverdale, NY, 2017), pp. 5-17 AT p. 6.

"The last thing he heard was thunder. It sounded like the hoofs of horses bearing westward the Hunnish midnight."
-Poul Anderson, "The Sorrow of Odin the Goth" IN Anderson, Time Patrol Riverdale, NY, 2010), pp. 333-465 AT 374, p. 465.

In 1964 of a future history that has become an alternative history, night brings a message of chaos and murder whereas, in 374 A.D. of the Time Patrol timeline, thunder brings the Hunnish midnight. Sometimes, passages in different works resonate. I can think of some previous examples on the blog...but will not search for them just now.