Колодець і маятник

           Arousingfromthemostprofoundofslumbers,webreakthegossamerwebofsomedream. Yetinasecondafterward,(sofrailmaythatwebhavebeen)weremembernotthatwehavedreamed. Inthereturntolifefromtheswoontherearetwostages; first,thatofthesenseofmentalorspiritual;secondly,thatofthesenseofphysical,existence. Itseemsprobablethatif,uponreachingthesecondstage,wecouldrecalltheimpressionsofthefirst,weshouldfindtheseimpressionseloquentinmemoriesofthegulfbeyond. Andthatgulfis—what? Howatleastshallwedistinguishitsshadowsfromthoseofthetomb? ButiftheimpressionsofwhatIhavetermedthefirststage,arenot,atwill,recalled,yet,afterlonginterval,dotheynotcomeunbidden,whilewemarvelwhencetheycome? Hewhohasneverswooned,isnothewhofindsstrangepalacesandwildlyfamiliarfacesincoalsthatglow;isnothewhobeholdsfloatinginmid-airthesadvisionsthatthemanymaynotview; isnothewhopondersovertheperfumeofsomenovelflower—isnothewhosebraingrowsbewilderedwiththemeaningofsomemusicalcadencewhichhasneverbeforearrestedhisattention.