Good-night, 1) a form of salutation in parting for the night: R3 V, 3, 30. Mcb. II, 2, 4 etc. cf. Night.
2) a little poem, probably to be sung in a serenade: “his fancies or his --s,” H4B III, 2, 343 (According to Chappell, == last dying speeches, made into ballads).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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