Vidal Gore — Eighteen Seventy [2404]

I HAVE, MOST HAPPILY, mislaid July, lost every single day of it in a sea-brightness that fair dazzles me. The world of little men pursuing power seems far away. I dream quite other dreams in this lotus sleep, induced by the high summer scent of peonies and of roses, of sea-salt spray. — Vidal Gore, Eighteen Seventy, 2404

Note

This sentence creates a vivid sensory experience through the use of descriptive language (‘sea-brightness,’ ‘high summer scent of peonies and of roses’), which evokes a feeling of blissful escapism.