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" 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. "
A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected - Page 199
by Leigh Hunt - 1870 - 368 pages
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Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin: Chiefly During His Residence in Lichfield ...

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...from 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...
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Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour ...

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...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 2

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...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 2

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...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 2

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.—...
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“The” Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 3

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...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 2

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,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 3

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...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 2

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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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 472 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...
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