Should I long that dark were fair? Say, O song. <br />Lacks my love aught that I should long? <br />Dark the night with breath all flow'rs <br />And tender broken voice that fills <br />With ravishment the list'ning hours. <br />Whis'prings, wooings, <br />Liquid ripples, and soft ring-dove cooings, <br />in low-toned rhythm that love's aching stills. <br /> <br />Dark the night, yet is she bright, <br />For in her dark she brings the mystic star, <br />Trembling yet strong as is the voice of love <br />From some unknown afar. <br />O radiant dark, O darkly foster'd ray, <br />Thou hast a joy too deep for shallow day.<br /><br />George Eliot<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-radiant-dark/
