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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. "
The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - Page 117
by William Shakespeare - 1824 - 830 pages
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Guy's new speaker, selections of poetry and prose from the best writers in ...

Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...COMMISSIONS PUCK TO GATHER HIM A CERTAIN FLOWER. Obe. My gentle Puck, come hither : Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all...
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William Shakspeare's Complete Works, Dramatic and Poetic, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1852 - 512 pages
...this grove, ТЦ1 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,...her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their sphere», Tn hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw (but thou could'st...
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The Works of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Recently Discovered ...

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 1158 pages
...this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury.— My gentle Puck, come hither : thou remember'st time of moon with me to make one in so skipping a...Mar. Will you hoist sail, sir ? here lies your way. O That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all...
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The Plays of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Old Copies, and by the ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 928 pages
...this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury.— My gentle Puck, come hither : thou remember'st im welcome to the shore : And, when he heard him swear,...heart and pity niov'd, Swore him assistance, and perf That very time I saw (but thou could'st not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all...
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The Works of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Recently ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 440 pages
...this 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...hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all...
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The plays of Shakspere, carefully revised [by J.O.] with ..., Part 166, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 746 pages
...from this grove Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou rememberst Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...hear the sea-maid's music ? Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 508 pages
...this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither : Thou rcmcmber'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. 06«. That тегу time I saw (but thou could'st not,' Flying between the cold moon and the earth,...
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Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. TN i. 1. Once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. MN ii. 2. Let there be no noise made, my gentle friends ; Unless some dull and favourable hand Will...
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Eminent Characters of the English Revolutionary Period

Edwin Owen Jones - 1853 - 258 pages
...that of Shakspere's drama. In the latter we have Oberon's description of the mermaid's melody : — " Once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music."* This is not, however, to be compared, either in force or in delicacy, with the eulogy of the enchanter...
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The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington, in the Bishoprick

William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe - Darlington (England) - 1854 - 610 pages
...a small ruinous apartment of the castle named €l)t J3rimr'sf Cljambtr. M. &fje " Thou rememberest Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick." Midsummer NigWi Dream. THE White Rose had ceased to bloom, but its fragrance was remembered....
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