Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay to mould me Man;

did I solicit thee from to darkness promoteme?

It was the of and that I desired to learn;

secrets HEAVEN earth

My were directed to the secrets of the world.

inquiries physical

After and of incredible labour, days nights

I became capable of bestowing

upon lifeless matter.animations

I thought a species would bless me as its and source;

many and excellent natures should owe their being to

newcreator

Me.happy

Alas!

I had turned loose into the world

a depraved wretch

whose delight was carnage misery!and

The

incessantly concerning him.

formof the

monster

wasforever

before

my eyesand

I raved

that it was the whom I had created.

I perceived as came nearer,

(sight tremendous and abhorred!)

wretch

“Wretched devil

extinguish the spark

you reproach me with your creation;

come on then,

which I so negligently bestowed.”

that I may

whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed.

“I expected this reception,”

said the demon.dem

on.

“All men the wretched; hate how, then, must I be hated,

who am beyond all living things!miserable

“Remember that I am thy creature;

I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel,

Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.”

dem

on.

the

saidEverywhere I see bliss,bliss

bliss

blissbliss

bliss

from which I am irrevocably excludedaloneI was benevolent and good;

misery made me a Fiend.

or become the scourge of your fellow creatures and the author of your speedy

dem

on.said

the

On you whether I quit forever the neighborhood of man

and lead a

it rests,

harmless life

ruin.”

For the first time, I felt what the duties of a creator towards his

creature were.