BRIERS

ARIEL

So I charm’d their ears,

That calf-like they my lowing follow’d through

Tooth’d BRIERS, sharp furzes,

pricking goss, and thorns.

—Tempest [Act IV, sc. 1]

FAIRY

Over hill, over dale, through bush,

through BRIER.

—A Midsummer Night’s Dream [Act II, sc. 1]

FLUTE/THISBE

Of colour like the red rose on triumphant BRIER.

—A Midsummer Night’s Dream [Act III, sc. 1]

PUCK

I’ll lead you about a round,

Through bog, through bush, through BRAKE.,

through BRIER.

—A Midsummer Night’s Dream [Act III, sc. 1]

PUCK

For BRIERS and thorns at their apparel snatch.

—A Midsummer Night’s Dream [Act III, sc. 2]

HERMIA

Never so weary, never so in woe,

Bedabbled with the dew and torn with BRIERS.

—A Midsummer Night’s Dream [Act III, sc. 2]

OBERON

Every elf and fairy sprite

Hop as light as bird from BRIER.

—A Midsummer Night’s Dream [Act V, sc. 1]

ADRIANA

If aught possess thee from me, it is dross,

Usurping ivy, BRIER, or idle moss.

—Comedy of Errors [Act II, sc. 2]

PLANTAGENET

From off this BRIER pluck a white rose with me.

—Henry VI, Pt. 1 [Act II, sc. 4]

ROSALIND

O how full of BRIERS is

this working-day world!

—As You Like It [Act I, sc. 3]

HELENA

The time will bring on summer,

When BRIERS shall have leaves

as well as thorns,

And be as sweet as sharp.

—All’s Well That Ends Well [Act IV, sc. 4]

POLIXENES

I’ll have thy beauty scratched with BRIERS.

—Winter’s Tale [Act IV, sc. 4]

TIMON

The oaks bear mast, the BRIERS scarlet hips.

—Timon of Athens [Act IV, sc. 3]

CORIOLANUS

Scratches with BRIERS,

scars to move laughter only.

—Coriolanus [Act III, sc. 3]

QUINTUS

What subtle hole is this,

Whose mouth is cover’d

with rude-growing BRIERS?

—Titus Andronicus [Act III, sc. 3]