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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 ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations ... - Page 274
by William Shakespeare - 1805
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Reimagining Shakespeare for Children and Young Adults

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...
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Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream

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....
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Mastering Shakespeare: An Acting Class in Seven Scenes

Scott Kaiser - Drama - 2003 - 289 pages
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A Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare - Athens (Greece) - 2003 - 172 pages
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A Companion to Shakespeare's Works, The Comedies

Richard Dutton, Jean E. Howard - Drama - 2003 - 464 pages
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Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama: Volume III

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,...
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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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Shakespearean Criticism

Michelle Lee - Drama - 2004 - 456 pages
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