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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 Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere - Page 436
by William Shakespeare - 1851
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The Dramatic Works of W. Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1849 - 952 pages
...a game played by boy*. Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's hack, arm'd : A certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Midsummer night's dream. Love's ...

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 556 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,...Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took At a fair vestal,1 throned by the west ; And loosed his love-shaft smartly...
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The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 586 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,...Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took 8C. U.] MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. At a fair vestal,1 throned by the west...
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Apophthegms from the plays of Shakespeare, by C. Lyndon

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 260 pages
...the mazed world, by their increase now knows not which is which.. Titania a. 2 i. 2 Thou rememberest since once, I sat upon a promontory and heard a mermaid...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, to hear the sea-maids music.. Oberon a.2s.2 Tempt not too much, the hatred of my spirit !. .Dem. a. 2 s.% The will...
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The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 604 pages
...from this grove. Till I torment thee for this injury. My gentle Puck, come hither : Thou remember'st18 Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all ann'db : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With a Life of the Poet, and ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 772 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,...Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loosed his love-shaft smartly...
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The comedies, histories, tragedies and poems of William Shakspere ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 688 pages
...from this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. My gentle Puck, come hither : Thou remember'stI3 Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. PUCK. I remember. ORE. That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not,) Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid...
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Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 462 pages
...ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. TN i. 1. Once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musrc. MN ii. 2. Let there be no noise made, my gentle friends ; Unless some dull and favourable baud...
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Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A ..., Volume 4

Agnes Strickland - 1851 - 820 pages
...by the captive queen to charm the northern magnates from their duty to their own sovereign: 2 — " Once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's musie." The rebel earls entered Durham in warlike array, November 14th; Richard Norton, of Norton Conyers,...
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Supernatural Illusions

P. I. Begbie, Peter James Begbie - Supernatural - 1851 - 534 pages
...articles of war call, " Bunkal Point," or the Tenasserim Provinces. CHAPTER XXIII. " 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 !" MIDSUMMER, NIGHT'S DREAM, Act ii., Scene 2. OF SEA MONSTERS. Dr. Brauner, in this...
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