William Shakespeare Quotes about Water
The Duke of Suffolk in King Henry VI, Part II (1590), Act III, scene 1.
William Shakespeare, Michael Taylor (2004). “Henry VI, Part One”, p.116, Oxford University Press, USA
William Shakespeare, John Pitcher (2010). “The Winter's Tale: Third Series”, p.295, A&C Black
William Shakespeare, Michael Taylor (2004). “Henry VI, Part One”, p.116, Oxford University Press, USA
Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed King.
'Richard II' (1595) act 3, sc. 2, l. 54
The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water.
William Shakespeare (1750). “The Works: Of Shakespear in Nine Volumes. With a Glossary. Carefully Printed from the Oxford Edition in Quarto, 1744”, p.268
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, George Steevens (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.292
William Shakespeare (1858). “Shakespeare's comedies, histories, tragedies, and poems”, p.658
'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 5, sc. 1, l. 90
Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears.
'Hamlet' (1601) act 4, sc. 7, l. 186
'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 4, sc. 12, l. 9
Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner, honest water, which ne'er left man i' the mire.
William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier (1853). “The Works: The Text Formed from an Entirely New Collation of the Old Editions: with the Various Readings, Notes, a Life of the Poet, and a History of the Early English Stage. Notes and emendations to the text of Shakespeare's plays, from early manuscript corrections in a copy of the folio, 1632, in the possession of J. Payne Collier : forming a supplemental volume ...”, p.389
'Macbeth' (1606) act 2, sc. 2, l. 68
I pray thee cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless as water in a sieve.
William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1831). “The Dramatic Works”, p.134
William Shakespeare (1807). “The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators, to which are added notes by S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised and augmented by I. Reed, with a glossarial index”, p.416
'King Lear' (1605-6) act 2, sc. 4, l. [279]
How much salt water thrown away in waste/ To season love, that of it doth not taste.
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1809). “Troilus and Cressida. Romeo and Juliet”, p.276
"The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: With Remarks on His Life and Writings".
William Shakespeare (2016). “King Richard III”, p.56, Pan Macmillan
