When nibbling sheep at large pursue their food, And un***** kine rechew the cud; When curlews cry beneath the village walls, And to her straggling brood the partridge calls; Their shortlived jubilee the creatures keep, Which but endures, whilst tyrant man does sleep;

What is the main idea found in these lines from "A Nocturnal Reverie" by Anne Finch?

People are annoyed by the various sounds of animals at night.

People fear the nighttime animals that roam through the country.

Animals destroy the foliage that people have planted.

Animals live and eat freely while their masters are asleep.

In Anne Finch's "A Nocturnal Reverie", the speaker describes how peaceful and beautiful nighttime is. Animals wonder freely, eating and roaming unconcerned while their masters are asleep. During the night, there is only nature. No men, no worries, no fights, no clamors. Nature, unlike human beings, simply is. It exists, and that is enough. When the morning comes, however, and men wake up, things change:

In such a night let me abroad remain,

Till morning breaks, and all’s confused again;

Our cares, our toils, our clamors are renewed,

Or pleasures, seldom reached, again pursued.