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" 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. "
Pearls of Shakspeare, a collection of the most brilliant passages found in ... - Page 28
by William Shakespeare - 1860
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Midsummer-night's dream. Love's labor's lost. Merchant of Venice. As you ...

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 554 pages
...Thou shall not from this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory,...from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold moon...
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The Romance of Nature, Or, The Flower-seasons Illustrated

Mrs. Charles Meredith - Botanical illustration - 1836 - 400 pages
...PANSIES; OR LOVE IN IDLENESS. Oberon. My gentle Puck, come hither : thou remember'st Since once I Bat upon a promontory. And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea maid's music. Ptick. I remember— Obcron. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not) Flying...
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The Romance of Nature, Or, The Flower-seasons Illustrated

Mrs. Charles Meredith - Botanical illustration - 1836 - 400 pages
...Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's hack Uttering such dulcet anil harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at...certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea maid's music. Puck. I remember — Obe.run. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not; Flying...
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Greek Pastoral Poets: Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus

Theocritus - English poetry - 1836 - 450 pages
...criticism, as the similar " conceit" in the following glorious passage : — " My gentle Puck, come hither : thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory,...heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dialect and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot, madly...
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Prolusiones Historicæ: Or, Essays Illustrative of the Halle of John Halle ...

Edward Duke - Architecture, Domestic - 1837 - 686 pages
...prudent, Ulysses, thus does our great dramatist make Oberon, in conversation with Puck, to aver: " Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory,...from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music.'' * The Mermaid pourtrayed in the present engraving, beautiful in person, yet, alas ! desinens in piscem,...
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Prolusiones Historicæ: Or, Essays Illustrative of the Halle of John Halle ...

Edward Duke - Architecture, Domestic - 1837 - 686 pages
...thus does our great dramatist make Oberon, in conversation with Puck, to aver : • " Thou remembcr'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music." * The Mermaid pourtrayed in the present engraving, beautiful in person, yet, alas ! desinens in piscem,...
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...[grove, iVly gentle Puck come hither : 1 hou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And hea:*da mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet...madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold moon...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. 35— i. 4. 141 My gentle Puck, come hither: Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory,...back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, * Atoms. b A place in court. That the rude sea grew civil at her song; And certain stars shot madly...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Midsummer-night's dream. Love's ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...Thou shall not from this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory,...from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold moon...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 15

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1840 - 566 pages
...ocean : ' Thou rememberest Since oncff I sat upon a promontory. And heard a mermaid on a dolphin s back. Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath,...from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.' Indeed, I was in the very mood to conjure up all the imaginary beings with which poetry has peopled...
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