The original sentence is "Emotions and smells are such a thing; they are like light to the sun, music to the wind." They are indispensable things
Wordsworth (William Wordsworth, 1770-1850), British romantic poet, once served as poet laureate. His poetic theory shook the dominance of British classical poetics and effectively promoted the innovation of British poetry and the development of the Romantic movement.
He is one of the most important English poets since the Renaissance
His poem "plain living and high thinking" is used as the motto of Keble College, Oxford University