Excerpt from An Epic of the Starry Heaven The spiritual idea, and the overshadowing presence and influence of celestial visitants gave Coleridge his inspiration, and, in the light of his faith and philosophy, The massive gates of Paradise are thrown Wide Open, and forth come in fragments wild Sweet echoes of unearthly melody. 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.