COWSLIP

BURGUNDY

The even mead, that erst brought sweetly forth

The freckled COWSLIP, burnet,

and green clover.

—Henry V [Act V, sc. 2]

QUEEN

The violets, COWSLIPS, and the primroses,

Bear to my closet.

—Cymbeline [Act I, sc. 5]

IACHIMO

On her left breast,

A mole, cinque-spotted, like the crimson drops

I’ the bottom of a COWSLIP.

—Cymbeline [Act II, sc. 2]

ARIEL

Where the bee sucks there suck I,

In a COWSLIP’S bell I lie.

—Tempest [Act V, sc. 1]

FLUTE/THISBE

Those yellow COWSLIP cheeks.

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

FAIRY

The COWSLIPS tall her pensioners be;

In their gold coats spots you see;

Those be rubies, fairy favours,

In those freckles live their saviours;

I must go seek some dewdrops here,

And hang a pearl in every COWSLIP’S ear.

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