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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. "
The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the Text of the ... - Page 326
by William Shakespeare - 1805
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Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

Stephen Greenblatt - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 460 pages
...earlier, to charm the queen. "Thou rememb'rest," the Fairy king Oberon asks his principal assistant, Puck, Since once I sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid...shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music? (2.1.148-54) It is worth reading the last three lines aloud for oneself to see how perfectly...
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Seafaring Lore & Legend: A Miscellany of Maritime Myth, Superstition, Fable ...

Peter D. Jeans - Folklore - 2004 - 388 pages
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Chambers's Cyclopedia of English Literature 1879, Volume 1

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 420 pages
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Cryptozoology: Science & Speculation

Chad Arment - Cryptozoology - 2004 - 404 pages
...these strange creatures, thus distinguished by the great dramatist with not less fancy than fable — I heard a Mermaid on a dolphin's back — Uttering such...breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song. — We shall transcribe the account of two incidents which were observed in the Southern Hemisphere....
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Shakespearean Criticism

Michelle Lee - Drama - 2004 - 456 pages
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Shakespeare in Hollywood: A New Play

Ken Ludwig - American drama (Comedy) - 2005 - 124 pages
...and listens. OBERON and PUCK don 't see him. OBERON speaks with urgency.) OBERON. Thou rememb'rest. Since once I sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid...shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music? PUCK. I remember. OBERON. That very time I saw, but though couldst not, Flying between the cold...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare - 2005 - 68 pages
...not from this grove Till Itormenttheeforthis injury. 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 maid's music? Alright, go then. But you're not leaving this wood till I've punished you for your...
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Mendelssohn: A Life in Music

R. Larry Todd - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 748 pages
...5.12a, bl, and perhaps alluding to Act 2, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's play, where Oberon recalls having "heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, / Uttering...stars shot madly from their spheres, / To hear the sea maid's music." Then the overture concludes with the timeless wind chords, and we are released from...
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