Possible Clues:

• Full of stars
• Van Gogh's '-- Night'
• Repeated description of the night, in Don McLean's Vincent?
• Wait under a second with the eyes of an optimist
• The night is bright when it's black as pitch at last
• Like a bright night
• Van Gogh's "— Night"
• Van Gogh's 'The ___ Night'
• Like the Milky Way
• Just a little light, but pitch black at last