20 Things You Somehow Missed In Independence Day
8. Wordsworth
As well as the shots of Freedom Ridge visible in this scene, there's a seemingly indecipherable stream of numbers and words scrolling across the bottom of the display. However, in the midst of all this "And now I see with eye serene the very pulse of the machine" also crops up.
While the reasons for including this - beyond the obvious metaphor - are unclear, this is an excerpt from William Wordsworth's poem "She Was a Phantom of Delight".