 | Stephen Greenblatt - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 460 pages
...rememb'rest," the Fairy king Oberon asks his principal assistant, Puck, Since once I sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such...madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music? (2.1.148-54) It is worth reading the last three lines aloud for oneself to see how perfectly they serve... | |
 | Ken Ludwig - American drama (Comedy) - 2005 - 124 pages
...him. OBERON speaks with urgency.) OBERON. Thou rememb'rest. Since once I sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such...spheres To hear the sea-maid's music? PUCK. I remember. OBERON. That very time I saw, but though couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid,... | |
 | R. Larry Todd - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 748 pages
...5.12a, bl, and perhaps alluding to Act 2, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's play, where Oberon recalls having "heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, / Uttering...stars shot madly from their spheres, / To hear the sea maid's music." Then the overture concludes with the timeless wind chords, and we are released from... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2005 - 68 pages
...Itormenttheeforthis injury. My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou rememberest Since once I sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering such...certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea maid's music? Alright, go then. But you're not leaving this wood till I've punished you for your... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 900 pages
...Thou rememb'rest Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, 1 50 Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath That the...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 the earth,... | |
 | G. M. Pinciss - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 214 pages
...arrow missed its target is an example that occurs early in the second act of A Midsummer Night's Dream: That very time I saw (but thou couldst not) Flying...armed. A certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned in the west, And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2006 - 226 pages
...this injury. My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou rememberest Since once I sat upon a promontory 150 And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such...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 the earth... | |
 | Linda Austern, Inna Naroditskaya - Music - 2006 - 440 pages
...today, an English playwright from the age of colonial expansion: . .. once I sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such...madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music. 5 The siren's acoustic power and its capacity to affect the external world span centuries and cultures,... | |
 | Penny McCarthy - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 290 pages
...says to Puck My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such...madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music. (II. 1.1 48-54) It might be objected that a mermaid on a dolphin's back cannot be a poetic reminiscence... | |
 | Linda Austern, Inna Naroditskaya - Music - 2006 - 440 pages
...today, an English playwright from the age of colonial expansion: . . . once I sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such...shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music.5 The siren's acoustic power and its capacity to affect the external world span centuries and... | |
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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. 
