...the allegory: I » I saw a Mermaid on a Dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious sounds, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain...from their spheres, To hear the Sea-Maid's music. That he might guard against the displeasure of Elizabeth for this sally, it is immediately followed...

...I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither ; thou remember'ft Since once I fat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering fuch dulcet and harmonious breath, That trie rude fea grew civil at her fong ; And certain ftars fhot...

...grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither : Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick.6 s Not for thy kingdom. — Fairies, av>ay:] The ancient copies read : Not for thy fairy kingdom.—...

...grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither: Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...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...

...train. Till I torment thee for this injury.— My gentle Puck, come hither: Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...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...

...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...

...justness and beauty in this image, as the vulgar opinion is, that the mermaid always sings in storms : And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick.] This concludes the description, with that remarkable circumstance of this unhappy lady's fate,...

...grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither: Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick. Puck. 1 remember. Obe. That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not,) Flying between the cold...

...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...

...grove, Till I torment thee for this injury.— My gentle Puck, come hither: Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory. And heard a mermaid,...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...