 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...can no where find a bard mentioned of the name of ' Modred.' Ver. 30. That hush'd the stormy main} " Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song." Mids. N. Dream, act ii. sc. 2. W. Cadwaller's harp no more is strung, And silence sits on soft Llewellyn's... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1817 - 878 pages
...Sc, 2: Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, Ar>d heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's bad; Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the Sea-maid's musick. To which these are an introduction. The compliment made to Queen Elizabeth in the... | |
 | England - 1831 - 1044 pages
...Chatelar : well might Elizabeth fear her — " The mermaid, Uttering such dulcet anil harmonious sound, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear tho sea-maid's music." The Stuarts, an ingenious but unhappy race, were cultivators and encouragers... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1817 - 866 pages
...Night's Dream, Act II. Sc. 2; Thou remernber'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a merniaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her sung; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the Sea-maid's mu>id\. To which these... | |
 | England - 1842 - 850 pages
...all-sane Sb&kspeare not only imagined he saw, but called the testimony of another sense; bo heard her " Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song." You must not pass over the last line, the idea beyond the visible nature, giving, endowing with the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 332 pages
...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, And heard a mermaid,...certain stars 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... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1818 - 544 pages
...RENEWAL OF NORFOLK'S INTRIGUES alludes in the following ingenious and exquisite passage. . . . . " Once I sat upon a promontory, . •. And heard a Mermaid...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. *•****#****** That very time I saw, but thou could'st not, Flying between the cold... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - Irish in literature - 1818 - 312 pages
...Lord Rosbrin's grasp. " Rememberest thou," proceeded .Lord Rosbrin, emphatically, "rememberest thou, since once I sat upon a promontory, and heard a mermaid,...harmonious breath, that the rude sea grew civil at her song ?" " Why, then, upon my credit, I can't say I do,'' returned Crawley, with another impatient effort... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...torment thee for this injury. — s My gentle Puck, come hither : Thou remepber'st Since once I sat upov a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's...her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their sphere!, To hear the sea-maid's musick. 1'nck. I remember. О/и . That very time I saw, (but thou... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 550 pages
...this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither : Thou remember 'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...certain stars shot madly from their spheres. To hear the sea-maid's musick 9. woman who walks forward must follow her womb. The absurdity is avoided by leaving... | |
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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. 
