midnight
They shine not there as here they now are shining ; The very hours are changed . Ah ! do ye sleep ? O'er each home pillow midnight is declining -- May one kind dream at least my image keep ! '' There had been a small party on board the `` Monongahela '' the night before to bid the commodore good-by -- all old friends of both parties -- the Pirons , Burns , Stewart , Stingo , and Jacob Blunt . Clinker was not there , for he never went where it was damp , and if he got musty it must be from mildew on shore . The `` Martha Blunt , '' under the careful management of young Binks , the mate , with Banou and all the baggage on board , was being towed by two of the frigate 's boats down the harbor , with her yards mast-headed , all ready to sheet home the sails when the black pilot should say the land-wind would make and the passengers to come on board .