| Naomi J. Miller - Children - 2003 - 348 pages
...study of A Midsummer Night 's Dream, my class was introduced to Oberon's speech in Act 2, Scene 1: Since once I sat upon a promontory. And heard a mermaid...at her song And certain stars shot madly from their spheres.1 The children's assignment was to rewrite this speech in their own words, with the proviso... | |
| William Shakespeare, Arthur Rackham - Art - 2003 - 180 pages
...from this grove Till I torment thee for this injury. My gentle Puck, come hither. Thou rememberest Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...harmonious breath That the rude sea grew civil at her songAod certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. PUCK. I remember.... | |
| Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 592 pages
...that shot from their spheres means " the princes who sprang from their allegiance to Queen Elizabeth." Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory,...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Act ii. sc. 1 (1592). These " stars " were the earl of Northumberland, the earl of Westmoreland,... | |
| 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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