My gentle Puck, come hither.

December 18, 2014 By

“Thou rememberest 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?

Southport’s Lord Street Mermaid

The Lord Street Mermaid poses with a large fish in a fountain in Southport, on the west coast of England. The location is part of Southport’s Lord Street Town Trail. The mermaid fountain was commissioned by businessman Walter Connard as part of the entrance to his Palladium Picture Palace which opened in 1914. Lord Street […]

The William Bloye Mermaid

The William Bloye Mermaid at the University of Birmingham can be seen all over the university campus. She is part of the university crest, which in turn comes from the coat of arms designed for himself by Sir Josiah Mason, the self-made millionaire who founded the university. In 1960, the University added the William Bloye […]

Scotland’s Mermaid of The North

The Mermaid of the North sits on a rock near Balintore, Scotland. At high tide she is half submerged, and at low tide (up to 14′ lower than high tide) she is clearly dry on her rock. The rock itself has been named ‘Clach Dubh’, meaning ‘black rock’ in Gaelic. Steve Hayward created the 10’ […]

My gentle Puck, come hither.

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