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Mermaids: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note, To drown me in thy sister's flood of tears.— Shakespeare — Comedy of Errors. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 45.

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. Midsummer-Night's Dream. Act II. Sc. 1. L.