halcyon days vs misery

halcyon days

noun
  • A period of calm, usually in the past and often nostalgic. 

  • Period of calm during the winter, when storms do not occur. 

misery

noun
  • A bodily ache or pain. 

  • Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. 

  • poverty. 

  • Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. 

How often have the words halcyon days and misery occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )