midnight
-LRB- 18 -RRB- 'T is silent all ! Alone the cries Of the night sentinels arise And from the Millionaya afar -LRB- 19 -RRB- The sudden rattling of a car . Lo ! on the sleeping river borne , A boat with splashing oar floats by , And now we hear delightedly A jolly song and distant horn ; But sweeter in a midnight dream Torquato Tasso 's strains I deem . -LSB- Note 18 : Refers to Mouravieff 's `` Goddess of the Neva . '' At St. Petersburg the banks of the Neva are lined throughout with splendid granite quays . -RSB- -LSB- Note 19 : A street running parallel to the Neva , and leading from the Winter Palace to the Summer Palace and Garden . -RSB-