He was often mistaken for a ghost by children; and for a pollard willow by men, when, on their way home in the dusk, they saw him motionless by some rushy bank, unobservant of the decline of day.

经常被误认为是鬼魂；而对于一棵男的柳树，当在黄昏回家的路，看到在一些湍急的河岸一动不动，没有注意到白天的衰落。