Retreating to England's Lake District at the end of the 18th century, one day he was returning home from a walk as usual, when he suddenly came across thousands of golden daffodils dancing in the breeze, "Continuous as the stars that shine / And twinkle on the milky way."
他在十八世紀末葉隱居山間湖區，一日如常漫步歸家，忽然瞥見成千上萬的金色水仙，在微風中靈動飛舞，「綿延有如星光，在銀河中閃爍」。