...inanimate objects. Oberon, in ' Midsummer Night's Dream,' saye : — Thou remembereit Since once I eat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's...That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stare shot madly from their sphere?, To hear the sea-maid's music. Act II. sc. ii. 11. 148-154. To...

...a game played by boy*. Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's hack, music. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, but thou could'st not, Flying between the cold...

...impressionistically recalled by Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream: Thou remember'st Since once 1 sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's...shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music. (11.i.148-54) Open-air festivities, many of them directly linked to the Christian calendar,...

...hither. Thou rememberest Since once I sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back i to Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath That the...shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music? PUCK I remember. OBERON That very time I saw - but thou couldst not Flying between the cold...

...from this grove Till I torment thee for this injury. My gentle Puck, come hither. 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 thou couldst not, Flying between the cold...

...this grove Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle I*uck, come hither. Thou remember'st , my liege. SIR THOMAS ERPIKGHAM. Shall I attend your...would no other company. SIR THOMAS ERPINGHAM. The Lo music. I remember. OBERON. That very time I saw — but thou couldst not — Flying between the cold...

...(Ondine) sits in her grotto upon a rock, lazily combing her hair and admiring her image in a mirror. [O]nce I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. . . 17 The passing male who spies this vision is doomed, for she will lure him to her side,...

...and Arthur Rackham later illustrated with similar images [Figs. 150, 151]. Shakespeare's text reads: Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...shot madly from their spheres. To hear the sea-maid's music. That very time I saw - but thou couldst not Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid...

...infinite size. There is a specific geography, and the heavens are cold and high. Oberon. Thou rememb'rest Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maids's music? Robin. I remember. Oberon. That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between...

...a mermaid rides on a dolphin, but Oberon reminds Puck, as if to conjure up the Kenilworth pageant: once I sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid on...harmonious breath That the rude sea grew civil at her song. (11. i. It was never unwise to flatter the Queen, and even in the 1570s she protected the players....