| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.106.1 | In soft and delicate Lethe. | In soft and delicate Lethe. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.33 | That roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf, | That rots it selfe in ease, on Lethe Wharfe, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.72 | May this be washed in Lethe and forgotten? | May this be wash'd in Lethe, and forgotten? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.206 | Signed in thy spoil, and crimsoned in thy lethe. | Sign'd in thy Spoyle, and Crimson'd in thy Lethee. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.251 | So in the Lethe of thy angry soul | So in the Lethe of thy angry soule, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.61 | Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep; | Let fancie still my sense in Lethe steepe, |