 | Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 186 Seiten
...Puck, come hither: — thou rememberest, Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mi'.mmid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious...certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maids music ? l'l-CK. I iTinrmln'r. That ye»y U«e J sflw (buj: J.hpu coujd'sf ,np,t,) Flying... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 Seiten
...with the splendid passage in ii. 1, where Oberon describes to Puck how, on a certain occasion, " I heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such...breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song." And all are no doubt aware that the subsequent lines, referring to " a fair vestal throned by the west,"... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 Seiten
...the 'mazed world By their increase now knows not which is which. Love in Idleness. Thou reiuembcr'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...civil at her song; And certain stars shot madly from thcit spheres To hear the sea-maid's music. That very time I saw (but thou couldst not) Flying between... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 Seiten
...can no where find a bard mentioned of the name of ' Modred.' Ver. 30. That hush'd the stormy main} " Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song." Mids. N. Dream, act ii. sc. 2. W. Cadwaller's harp no more is strung, And silence sits on soft Llewellyn's... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1817 - 878 Seiten
...Sc, 2: Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, Ar>d heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's bad; Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the Sea-maid's musick. To which these are an introduction. The compliment made to Queen Elizabeth in the following... | |
 | 1831 - 1044 Seiten
...Chatelar : well might Elizabeth fear her — " The mermaid, Uttering such dulcet anil harmonious sound, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear tho sea-maid's music." The Stuarts, an ingenious but unhappy race, were cultivators and encouragers... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1817 - 866 Seiten
...Night's Dream, Act II. Sc. 2; Thou remernber'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a merniaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her sung; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the Sea-maid's mu>id\. To which these... | |
 | 1842 - 850 Seiten
...all-sane Sb&kspeare not only imagined he saw, but called the testimony of another sense; bo heard her " Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song." You must not pass over the last line, the idea beyond the visible nature, giving, endowing with the... | |
 | John Nichols - 1817 - 874 Seiten
...the Autumn with the topaz, and Winter with diamonds. F. 95- Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II. Sc. 2: Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a meniiaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and banpooious breath, That the rude sea grew civil... | |
 | 1817 - 552 Seiten
...good manners, Hi» sons too are aril to me, because I do not pretend to be wiser than they. OTWAY. Г heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious sounds, That the rude sea grew eiv'U at her song. SHAKÍPEASE. The true effect of genuine politeness... | |
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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. 
