...And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering snch dnleet -and harmonions breath, That the rnde sea grew civil at her song; And certain stars shot madly from their sphtres, To hear the sea-maid's mn^ick* Pnck. I remember. Ole. That very time I saw, (bnt thon conld'at...

...apparently used, in an earlier instance, as a trisyllable. Steevens. 6 Thou remember'st Since once 1 sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maida musick. "\ The first thing observable on these words is, that this action of the mermaid...

...not interrupt himself in his chair : — OBERON. My gentle Puck, come hither: — thou rememberest, Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...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...

...thou rememberest, Since once I sat upon a promontory, And keard a mermaid, on a dolphin's \>ank, • Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the...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...

...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...

...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,"...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...