midnight
`` It is , '' answered T'an C ` h ` un ; whereupon Chia Cheng read the one below , which was written by Tai-yü to this effect and bore upon some thing : After the audience , his two sleeves who brings with fumes replete ? Both by the lute and in the quilt , it lacks luck to abide ! The dawn it marks ; reports from cock and man renders effete ! At midnight , maids no trouble have a new one to provide ! The head , it glows during the day , as well as in the night ! Its heart , it burns from day to day and ` gain from year to year ! Time swiftly flies and mete it is that we should hold it dear !