Oft on a Plat of rising ground,

I hear the far-off Curfeu sound

Over some wide-watered shoar,

Swinging slow with sullen roar:

Or if the Ayr will not permit,

Som still removèd place will fit,

Where glowing Embers through the room

Teach light to counterfeit a gloom,

Far from all resort of mirth,

Save the Cricket on the hearth,