Excerpt from Alastor, or the Spirit of Solitude: And Other Poems The Fragment, entitled 'the demon OR the world, ' is a detached part of a poem which the author does not intend for publica tion. The metre in which it is composed is that of Samson Agonistes and the Italian pas toral drama, and may be considered as the natural measure into which poetical concep tions, expressed in harmonious language, ne cessarily fall. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.