O! when the growling winds contend, and all

The sounding forest fluctuates in the storm,

To sink in warm repose, and hear the din 290

Howl o’er the steady battlements, delights

Above the luxury of vulgar sleep.

The murmuring rivulet, and the hoarser strain

Of waters rushing o’er the slippery rocks,

Will nightly lull you to ambrosial rest. 295

To please the fancy is no trifling good,

Where health is studied; for whatever moves