midnight
And the starry night stole on , while all was quiet and peaceful above and around the mansion of `` Summer Home . '' `` Let 's part in friendship , And say good-night . '' Shadowy-vested romance , that whilom roamed the grassy paths and flower-strewn ways of Wimbledon , is wrapping the heavy folds of her dew-moistened mantle around her , and stealing silently away . Yet for a moment let her turn a parting glance toward the motley groups which have companioned her midnight rambles , and are seen passing in the distance with their eyes fixed steadily on her receding form . Foremost in the crowding phalanx we mark the firm , upright figure of Mr. Salsify Mumbles , and his commanding aspect and majestic tread assure us that he has `` risen in his profession '' to the airy summit of his most ambitious aspirations . We fancy another story has crowned his mansion , and a second piazza stretched its snowy palings around its painted walls . Beside him is his amiable wife , with the sweet baby Goslina , in a robe of dimity , pressed close to her affectionate shoulder , quackling softly as they pass along .