Vol. I, Chapter VI, pp. 144–145

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

London: Printed for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818.

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1910

PML 16799
Vol. I, pp. 144–145
Transcription: 

The sky above was serene;

And the clouds were gathering on the horison, mass rising above mass, while the lightning they emitted shewed their shapes and size.