The light post held on the high road was found to create dents into the veil of darkness.
That comes into play when the sky is emptied of the moon and the starry dots because of the black cloud.
But when the summer arrived for the tree canopies to gain in thickness much enabled to hide the body of light, the light post could not pierce the veil of darkness.
Although you could still the music made by the morning bird to soothe the mind and heart.