 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
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 438 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 inusick. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw (but thou could'st not), Flying between the cold... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Theater - 1826 - 996 pages
...thee for this injury. — • My gentle Puck, come hither : Thou remember *st Since once I sat upon n ; I hoped, there was no need to trouble himself with...them, and they were as cold as any stone ; rheh I f musick. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time T saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1826 - 144 pages
...Orciniana in sponda silet. " Thou rememberest " Since 1 once sat upon a promoutory, " And saw thee sitting on a Dolphin's back, " Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath " That the rude sea grew civil to thy song." ZAPOTES. Bona verba ! carmina quse vultis cognoscite. In honorem Shakespearii cano et... | |
 | Music - 1826 - 546 pages
...beautiful and smooth piece pf melody, and to poetic dream recalls the memory of the Siren of old — » " Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song." "Master, say," a duet between Oberon and Puck, follows, and and is one of the prettiest things in the... | |
 | Alexander Leggatt - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 260 pages
...organized for Elizabeth at Elvetham in 1591: OBERON My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou remembr'est Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. PUCK I remember. OBERON That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and... | |
 | G. Wilsin Knight - Drama - 2002 - 368 pages
...especially fine music-passages. The first is Oberon's: My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou rememberest Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. (ui 148) This is a typical Shakespearian speech. 'Promontory' we meet again in fine and important passages... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1989 - 1286 pages
...fcr this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou rememSince once I sat upon a promontory, *nd ND. I have given over, I will speak no more: Do what...but my going, notliing can redeem it. LADY PERCY. O PUCK. I remember. OBERON. That very time I saw — but thou couldst not — Flying between the cold... | |
 | Allen Morris Jones - Fiction - 2002 - 340 pages
...melancholic, her father had been a fine star watcher. She had once seen him quote Shakespeare up to them: "And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music." If she remembers it right, her mother had been disdainful. "Fine lessons you're teaching our daughter,"... | |
 | John Kretschmer - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 228 pages
...1-57409-164-6 For Lesa, for understanding why I had to write and for Joe, who will never sail the boat he built Once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, A Midsummer Night's Dream "Have you ever seen her?" he asked. "Often and often."... | |
 | Naomi J. Miller - Children - 2003 - 348 pages
...of A Midsummer Night 's Dream, my class was introduced to Oberon's speech in Act 2, Scene 1: Since once I sat upon a promontory. And heard a mermaid...at her song And certain stars shot madly from their spheres.1 The children's assignment was to rewrite this speech in their own words, with the proviso... | |
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