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
| Edward Duke - 1837 - 686 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.'' * The Mermaid pourtrayed... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And hea:*da mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. Obe.... | |
| Robert Hamilton (M.D., F.R.S.E.) - 1839 - 406 pages
...great dramatist with not less fancy than fable — I heard a. Mermaid on a dolphin's bacK — Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, - That the rude sea grew civil at her song ^ We shall transcribe the account of two incidents which were observed in the Southern Hemisphere.... | |
| Sir William Jardine - 1839 - 414 pages
...great dramatist 'with not less fancy than fable — I heard a Mermaid on a dolphin's bacK — Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song We shall transcribe the account of two incidents which were observed in the Southern Hemisphere. "... | |
| Sir Cuthbert Sharp - 1840 - 478 pages
...Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such duicet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain ataraahot madiy from their sphersa To hear the sea-maid's music." THE accidental discovery... | |
| Elizabeth Elkins Sanders - 1841 - 218 pages
...remember'st Since once 1 sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, :Uttering snch 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... | |
| Agnes Strickland - 1842 - 1006 pages
...affianced husband Nor' ' Dnce 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 rebel earls entered... | |
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