| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.172 | As zephyrs blowing below the violet, | As Zephires blowing below the Violet, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.7 | A violet in the youth of primy nature, | A Violet in the youth of Primy Nature; |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.100 | as I am: the violet smells to him as it doth to me; the | as I am: the Violet smells to him, as it doth to me; the |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.12 | To throw a perfume on the violet, | To throw a perfume on the Violet, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.166 | That, lying by the violet in the sun, | That, lying by the Violet in the Sunne, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.250 | Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, | Where Oxslips and the nodding Violet growes, |