 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 - 1826
...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 inusick. Puck. I remember.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 482 pages
...the person of the monarch on all public occasions. t " Not for thy fairy kingdom." MALON.J. 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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 345 pages
...remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such a 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,... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1828 - 384 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 music. Puck. (i,. c.) I remember.... | |
 | 1828 - 386 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 music. Puck. (L. c.) I remember.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828
...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. Puch. I remember. Ohe.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829
...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. Puck. I remember.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 812 pages
...Thou remembrest, 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. Shaksiteiue. VOL. XIV. Did sense persuade Ulysses not h heir The mennaiils' songs, which so his men... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 444 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 music. Puck. I remember.... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 608 pages
...surface of the ocean. Shokspeare gives them a voice : I heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious 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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