...remember'st Since once I tat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin?! back, Uttering suck dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain start shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music,] The first thing observable...

...thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering + And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. Obe....

...thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember. Obe....

...Thou rememb'rest 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. (2.1.148-54) Obcron invests...

...Thou remember'st Since once 1 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. (11.i.148-54) Open-air...

...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 rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music? PUCK I remember. OBERON...

...Thou rememb'rest 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? PUCK. I remember. OBERON....

...image in a mirror. [O]nce 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. . . 17 The passing male...

...remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering ight; Go with my brothers to my lords of England: I and my bosom must debate And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. I remember. OBERON....

...Dream. Oberon retells to Puck the time he sat on a promontory and heard a mermaid on a dolphin sing "such dulcet and harmonious breath / That the rude sea grew civil at her song" (11.i.150-52). On the one hand, the mermaid's song is so harmonious that it exercises a civilizing...