It is a curious fact, of which I can think of no satisfactory explanation, that enthusiasm for country life and love of natural scenery are strongest and most widely diffused precisely in those European countries which have the worst climate and where the search for the picturesque involves the greatest discomfort.

悽悽切切冷冷瀝瀝風風雨雨
斷腸天
瀟瀟灑灑汲汲營營不伎不求
追夢人
自古歐陸風雨難
仍有雅士尋美景
世間無限丹青手
一片晚霞難成畫
何如悠悠眾蒼生
為求晚翠寸斷腸
試問何處有彩霞
直教人生死相許
不解