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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. "
The Feast of the Poets: With Notes, and Other Pieces in Verse - Page 119
by Leigh Hunt - 1814 - 157 pages
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 444 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 music. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between...
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Encyclopædia Americana, ed. by F. Lieber assisted by E. Wigglesworth (and T ...

Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 610 pages
...arms, and as sometimes seen floating on the surface of the ocean. Shokspeare gives them a voice : I heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such...breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song. Oheron, in Midsummer Night's Dream. This reminds us of the aucient syrens, who, however, were winged...
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Feathers from My Own Wings

Charles Edwards - 1832 - 220 pages
...brows for my adieu:— " Ever may a God of love Bless thee and thy parents too." THE HARP OF THESPIS. " uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil." 'T was but a dream! but then a dream aa sweet As summer flowers to the honey bee: Methought a harp...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ...

William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither: Thou remember'st t front their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. I'm f.. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but...
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Midsummer-night's dream. Love's labor's lost. Merchant of Venice. As you ...

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 554 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 music. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between...
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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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Greek Pastoral Poets: Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus

Theocritus - English poetry - 1836 - 450 pages
...Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dialect and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil...stars shot, madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. PUCK. " I remember. ODERON. " That very time I saw (but thou couldst 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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The Greek Pastoral Poets, Theocritus, Bion and Moschus. Done Into English by ...

Theocritus (of Syracuse) - 1836 - 436 pages
...Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's hack, Uttering such dialect and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; Aud certain stars shot, madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. PUCK. " I remember....
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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,...certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music." * The Mermaid pourtrayed in the present engraving, beautiful in person, yet, alas...
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