Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music ? Puck. Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer Night's Dream - Page 23by William Shakespeare - 1894 - 111 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1600 - 98 pages
...hither. Thou remembcr'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the...spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. . . Obc. That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not,). 34 i Flying between the cold moon and the earth,... | |
| Samuel Felton - 1787 - 400 pages
...our round, And fee our moon-light revels, go with us, P. 43. That very time I faw, but thou could'ft not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd. — Puck may be drawn as moft attentively liftening. See the counts* nance of Qberon, in M. de Loutherbourg's... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 460 pages
...••'••• -.' Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, '' \ T..That tlie rude sea grew civil'at her song ; ""• •'.••'"•• • And certain...their spheres,' ' • •• To hear the sea-maid's musick. ' -i ". ", Puck. I remember. '• < . St • • Ob. That very time I Saw (but thou could'st... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1790 - 554 pages
...4 , To hear the fea-maid's mufick. Puck. I remember. Oie. That very time I faw, (but thou could'ft not,) Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd *- acertain aim he took At a fair veftal, throned by the weft*; And loos'd his love-fhaft fmartly from... | |
| William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1790 - 694 pages
...the bcft arrow with the golden head MiJf. Night's Dr,am. — That very time I faw (but thou could'ft not) flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd . . - . - lb,d. — Vet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell • - - Ibid. — is a knavifli lad,... | |
| William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1791 - 702 pages
...the beft arrow with the golden head Midf. Nigbf, Dream. — That very time I law (but thou could'ir, not) flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd - - Ibid. — Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell — is a knavi(a lad, thus to make poor females... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 424 pages
...hither : Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard. a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pages
...hither: Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold... | |
| Anna Seward - Physicians - 1804 - 352 pages
...the allegory: I » I saw a Mermaid on a Dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious sounds, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain...from their spheres, To hear the Sea-Maid's music. That he might guard against the displeasure of Elizabeth for this sally, it is immediately followed... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...• .. Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick .] The first thing observable on these words is, that this action of the mermaid is laid in... | |
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