 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.  Notes and Queries - Page 121893Full view - About this book
 | Roberta J. M. Olson, Jay M. Pasachoff - 1999 - 412 pages
...Shakespeare's text reads: 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. That very time I saw... | |
 | Dorothea Kehler - 1998 - 520 pages
...Thou rememb'rest 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-maids's music? Robin. I remember.... | |
 | Jan Bondeson - 1999 - 336 pages
...Oberon tells Puck that Once I ¿at upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphins back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars ¿hot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maids music. Unlike his distinguished... | |
 | Park Honan - 1998 - 522 pages
...the Kenilworth pageant: 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. (ni 149-52) It was never unwise to flatter the Queen, and even in the 1570s she protected the players.... | |
 | Thomas Leech - 2001 - 328 pages
...on the radio? . . . 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 . . . Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream. 2, 1 Voices... | |
 | Harold Bloom - 2001 - 750 pages
...rememb'rest / 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 nu1sic? / Puck. I remember.... | |
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - 2001 - 684 pages
...Puck of such a rider: once 1 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 dauphin, from the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1989 - 1286 pages
...hither. Thou rememSince once I sat upon a promontory, *nd heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering what you will; your wisdom be your guide. NORTHUMBERLAND. Alas, sweet wife, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. PUCK. I remember. OBERON.... | |
 | G. Wilsin Knight - 2002 - 368 pages
...Thou rememberest 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. (ui 148) This is a typical... | |
 | Naomi J. Miller - 2003 - 348 pages
...Act 2, Scene 1: 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.1 The children's assignment was to rewrite this speech... | |
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