rosemary . . .
“remembrance,”
THE WINTER'S TALE, iv. 4. 74
;
“Doth not rosemary and Romeo begin both with a letter?”
ROMEO AND JULIET, ii. 4.
200
;
“she hath the prettiest sententious of it, of you and rosemary,”
ROMEO AND JULIET, ii. 4.
205
;
“stick your rosemary On this fair corse,”
ROMEO AND JULIET, iv. 5. 79
;
“There's rosemary, that's for remembrance,”
HAMLET, iv. 5. 172
(where Ophelia seems to be addressing Laertes): Rosemary was formerly supposed to
strengthen the memory; hence it was regarded as a symbol of remembrance—
“He from his lasse him lauander hath sent,
Shewing her loue, and doth requitall craue;
Him rosemary his sweet-heart, whose intent
Is that he her should in remembrance haue.”
Drayton's Ninth Eglogue— and it was used both at weddings and at funerals.
“He from his lasse him lauander hath sent,
Shewing her loue, and doth requitall craue;
Him rosemary his sweet-heart, whose intent
Is that he her should in remembrance haue.”
Drayton's Ninth Eglogue— and it was used both at weddings and at funerals.
