Calling all lighting technicians!

I'm having trouble with something I'm writing, and the words that shed some light on the subject are what I would like to gather up.

incandescent = brightly shining

Then the more poetic from Emily, "There is a certain slant of light..." (which some critic I read from a former lifetime said Emily'd reconstructed from WS's "There is a willow grows aslant a brook... -- critics are creative, huh?)

Question: Will you please help me take a look at the light v. dark words and phrases, famous ones very much appreciated.

In the dark,
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