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. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth - Page 12by Lucy Aikin - 1818Full view - About this book
| Anna Seward - Physicians - 1804 - 352 pages
...the allegory: I » I saw a Mermaid on a Dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious sounds, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain...their spheres, To hear the Sea-Maid's music. That he might guard against the displeasure of Elizabeth for this sally, it is immediately followed by as... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 386 pages
...I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither ; thou remember'ft Since once I fat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering fuch dulcet and harmonious breath, That trie rude fea grew civil at her fong ; And certain ftars fhot... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 pages
...grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither: Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 410 pages
...train. Till I torment thee for this injury.— My gentle Puck, come hither: Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither : Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick.6 s Not for thy kingdom. — Fairies, av>ay:] The ancient copies read : Not for thy fairy kingdom.—... | |
| English literature - 1805 - 590 pages
...immured in a solitary eel!, and accommodated with a , bed of straw, THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. " That veiy time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed." SHAKSPEARE. OUR bugles sung truce, for the night cloud had lower'd, And the sentinel stars... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 328 pages
...And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering snch dnleet -and harmonions breath, That the rnde sea grew civil at her song; And certain stars shot madly from their sphtres, To hear the sea-maid's mn^ick* Pnck. I remember. Ole. That very time I saw, (bnt thon conld'at... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pages
...justness and beauty in this image, as the vulgar opinion is, that the mermaid always sings in storms : And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick.] This concludes the description, with that remarkable circumstance of this unhappy lady's fate,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 414 pages
...grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither: Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick. Puck. 1 remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 384 pages
...apparently used, in an earlier instance, as a trisyllable. Steevens. 6 Thou remember'st Since once 1 sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maida musick. "\ The first thing observable on these words is, that this action of the mermaid... | |
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