Sacred Love is the most beautiful thing. I wrote an article on it, "Sexual Self-Transcendence". :)
The poem's line about the "silent candle" makes me think of the David Bowie song Blackstar, written at the end of his life.
"In the villa of Aman
Stands a solitary candle,
Ah ah, ah ah
At the centre of it all,
At the centre of it all
Your eyes..."