[The Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe]@TWC D-Link bookThe Works of Edgar Allan Poe CHAPTER 9 6/16
I had not heard any of my companions speak for hours, and now called to Augustus.
He replied, although very feebly, so that I could not distinguish what he said.
I then spoke to Peters and to Parker, neither of whom returned any answer. Shortly after this period I fell into a state of partial insensibility, during which the most pleasing images floated in my imagination; such as green trees, waving meadows of ripe grain, processions of dancing girls, troops of cavalry, and other phantasies.
I now remember that, in all which passed before my mind's eye, motion was a predominant idea.
Thus, I never fancied any stationary object, such as a house, a mountain, or any thing of that kind; but windmills, ships, large birds, balloons, people on horseback, carriages driving furiously, and similar moving objects, presented themselves in endless succession.
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