midnight
``` And that light flickered and flared , as it listed . It went this way and it went that ; it burnt blue , and green , and red ; now it disappeared altogether , and then it burnt up again . And men , far out at sea , kept their eyes fixed where they knew the light should be : saying , ` We are safe ; the great light will lead us when we near the rocks . ' And on dark nights men drifted nearer and nearer ; and in the stillness of the midnight they struck on the lighthouse rocks and went down at its feet . ``` What now shall be done to that light , in that it was not a rushlight ; in that it was set on high by the hands of men , and in that men trusted it ? Shall it not be put out ? ' `` And if he shall answer , saying , ` What are men to me ?