 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
 | William Shakespeare - 2005 - 68 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? Alright, go then. But... | |
 | R. Larry Todd - 2003 - 748 pages
...of Shakespeare's play, where Oberon recalls having "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." Then the overture... | |
 | Penny McCarthy - 2006 - 290 pages
...Thou remember'st 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. (II. 1.1 48-54) It might... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2006 - 226 pages
...rememberest Since once I sat upon a promontory 150 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? PUCK I remember. OBERON... | |
 | Linda Austern, Inna Naroditskaya - 2006 - 440 pages
...colonial expansion: . . . 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.5 The siren's acoustic... | |
 | 532 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." This is so marvelously... | |
 | Patricia Ferguson - 2007 - 349 pages
...Once I sat upon a promontory, he remembered suddenly, 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 shot madly from their spheres, to hear the sea-maid's music. 'Are you all right,... | |
 | Russell A. Fraser - 568 pages
...king some good lines: 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. Arion had a speech, addressed... | |
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