1. Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay to mould me Man; did I solicit thee from to darknesspromoteme?

2. It was the ofandthat I desired to learn; secrets HEAVEN earth My were directed to the secrets of the world. inquiries physical

3. After and of incredible labour, days nights I became capable of bestowing upon lifeless matter. animations

4. I thought a species would bless me as its and source; many and excellent natures should owe their being to new creator Me. happy

5. Alas! I had turned loose into the world a depraved wretch whose delight was carnage misery !and

6. The incessantly concerning him. form of the monster was forever before my eyes and I raved

7. the shape that it was the whom I had created. I perceived as came nearer, (sight tremendous and abhorred!) wretch

8. “Wretched devil extinguish the spark you reproach me with your creation; come on then, which I so negligently bestowed.” that I may

9. whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. “I expected this reception,” saidthedemon. “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 thefallen angel,

10. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.” demon. the said Everywhere I see bliss, bliss from which I am irrevocably excludedalone I was benevolent and good; misery made me a Fiend.

11. or become the scourge of your fellow creatures and the author of your speedy demon. said the On you whether I quit forever the neighborhood of man and lead a it rests, harmless life ruin.”

12. For the first time, I felt what the duties of a creator towards his creature were.