Once I sat upon a promontory,And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's backUttering such dulcet and harmonious breathThat the rude sea grew civil at her songAnd certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.                            (Oberon -  A Midsummer Night's Dream) The babe on the rock, with the fins and scales?...you know the … Continue reading The Mermaid