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Briers, furzes, goss and thorns

The Tempest, [4.1.178-181]. Ariel. “So I charm’d their ears/ That calf-like they my lowing follow’d through/ Tooth’d briers, sharp furzes, pricking goss, and thorns/ Which ent’red their frail shins.”

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Goss another name for gorse.

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One Response to “Briers, furzes, goss and thorns”

  1. Shakespeare’s Plants (alphabetical) « PLANTS Says:
    May 1, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    […] Furze (Gorse): Tempest, [1.1.65-68]; furze and goss Tempest, [4.1.178-181]. […]

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