 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
 | John Nichols - 1817 - 866 pages
...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... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1818 - 312 pages
..."rememberest thou, 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 ?" " Why, then, upon my credit, I can't say I do,'' returned Crawley, with another impatient effort at release.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 332 pages
...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 musick. Puck. I remember.... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1818 - 544 pages
...passage. . . . . " 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...remepber'st Since once I sat upov 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 sphere!, To hear the sea-maid's musick. 1'nck. I remember.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 476 pages
...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 musie. Puck. I remember.... | |
 | 1820 - 696 pages
...name, and tell them plainly be is " GM ELLEN : A SIMPLE TALE. " A mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song." SHAKSPEABK. ABOUT six years ago I was staying at , a watering-place on the Sussex coast. It was one... | |
 | 1836 - 570 pages
...mermaid and siren. " 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." Midsummer Night's Dream.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 550 pages
...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 musick 9. woman who walks... | |
 | 1821 - 456 pages
...tell them plainly he GM ' ELLEN : .-' A SIMPLE TALE. . — " A mermaid on a dolphin's back. Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at ber song." SHAKSPEARE. ABOUT six years ago I was staying at — . .. , a watering-place on the Sussex... | |
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