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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. "
Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible ... - Page 249
by William Shakespeare - 1853 - 418 pages
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Midsummer-night's dream. Love's labor's lost. Merchant of Venice. As you ...

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 554 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,...from their spheres, To 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...
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The Romance of Nature, Or, The Flower-seasons Illustrated

Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 pages
...PANSIES; OR LOVE IN IDLENESS. Oberon. My gentle Puck, come hither : thou remember'st Since once I Bat upon a promontory. And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea maid's music. Ptick. I remember— Obcron. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not) Flying...
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Prolusiones Historicæ: Or, Essays Illustrative of the Halle of John Halle ...

Edward Duke - 1837 - 686 pages
...our great dramatist make Oberon, in conversation with Puck, to aver : • " Thou remembcr'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music." * The Mermaid pourtrayed in the present engraving, beautiful in person, yet, alas ! desinens in piscem,...
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Prolusiones Historicæ: Or, Essays Illustrative of the Halle of John Halle ...

Edward Duke - 1837 - 686 pages
...does our great dramatist make Oberon, in conversation with Puck, to aver: " Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music.'' * The Mermaid pourtrayed in the present engraving, beautiful in person, yet, alas ! desinens in piscem,...
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...[grove, iVly gentle Puck come hither : 1 hou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And hea:*da mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet...madly from their spheres To 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...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Midsummer-night's dream. Love's ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 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,...from their spheres, To 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...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 15

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1840 - 566 pages
...ocean : ' Thou rememberest Since oncff I sat upon a promontory. And heard a mermaid on a dolphin s back. Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath,...from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.' Indeed, I was in the very mood to conjure up all the imaginary beings with which poetry has peopled...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 15

1840 - 568 pages
...reminded of Oberon's exquisite description of music and moonlight on the ocean : ' Thou rememberest Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid'a music.' Indeed, I was in the very mood to conjure up all the imaginary beings with which...
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Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A ..., Volumes 5-6

Agnes Strickland - 1842 - 1006 pages
...wife, lady Jane Howard, the daughter of Surrey, and sister of Mary's affianced husband Nor' ' Dnce I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea maid's music.'' The rebel earls entered Durham in warlike array, November 14th ; Richard Norton,...
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Knight's Cabinet edition of the works of William Shakspere, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 376 pages
...this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. My gentle Puck, come hither : Thon remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not, ) Flying between the cold moon...
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