 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.  Notes and Queries - Page 3381864Full view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - 1814 - 188 lehte
...rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maids music ? PUCK. I remember. OBERON. That very time I saw (but thou could'st not,) Flying betwixt the cold earth and the moon, Cupid all arm'd : — a certain aim he took... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 208 lehte
...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...their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music ? PUCK. ^ remember. OBKEON. That very time I saw (but thou could'st not), Flying betwixt the cold earth and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 lehte
...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." Midsum.-Night's D., ii. 1. "Rush on his host, as doth the melted snow Upon the valleys, whose low vassal... | |
 | 1831 - 1044 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 are an introduction. The complir ment made to Queen Elizabeth in the following... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1818 - 544 lehte
...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. *•****#****** That very time I saw, but thou could'st not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 332 lehte
...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 musick. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 lehte
...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 sphere!, To hear the sea-maid's musick. 1'nck. I remember. О/и . That very time I saw, (but thou... | |
 | Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1820 - 448 lehte
...a dolphin's back, Uttering such pleasing and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at his song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the minstrefs music." Poetry apart, however, Arion on the Dolphin's back, is a beautiful painting, by Romanelli.... | |
 | 1836 - 570 lehte
...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." Midsummer Night's Dream. A siren then, in the modern sense of the word, may be regarded as a mermaid... | |
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