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 Life and Genius of Shakespeare - Page 175by Thomas Kenny - 1864 - 414 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1600 - 98 pages
...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...spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. . . Obc. That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not,). 34 i Flying between the cold moon and the earth,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1879 - 190 pages
...150 / Uttering such dulcet and harmonious _breath \ f I That the rude sea grew civil at her song i And .certain stars shot madly 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 and the earth, Cupid... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 460 pages
...mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and //armoniout breatk. That the rude tea grew tivil at her song; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear 'the sea-maid's musiek.~\ The first thing observable on these words is, that this action of the mermaid is laid in... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 424 pages
...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 musick. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pages
...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 musick. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold... | |
| Anna Seward - Physicians - 1804 - 352 pages
...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 stars shot madly 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 410 pages
...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 musick. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 pages
...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 musick. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...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 musick.6 s Not for thy kingdom. — Fairies, av>ay:] The ancient copies read : Not for thy fairy kingdom.—... | |
| 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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