| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Sonnets | Sonn.21.1 | So is it not with me as with that Muse, | SO is it not with me as with that Muse, |
| Sonnets | Sonn.32.10 | Had my friend's Muse grown with this growing age, | Had my friends Muse growne with this growing age, |
| Sonnets | Sonn.38.1 | How can my Muse want subject to invent, | HOw can my Muse want subiect to inuent |
| Sonnets | Sonn.38.9 | Be thou the tenth Muse, ten times more in worth | Be thou the tenth Muse, ten times more in worth |
| Sonnets | Sonn.38.13 | If my slight Muse do please these curious days, | If my slight Muse doe please these curious daies, |
| Sonnets | Sonn.78.1 | So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse, | SO oft haue I inuok'd thee for my Muse, |
| Sonnets | Sonn.79.4 | And my sick Muse doth give another place. | And my sick Muse doth giue an other place. |
| Sonnets | Sonn.82.1 | I grant thou wert not married to my Muse, | I Grant thou wert not married to my Muse, |
| Sonnets | Sonn.85.1 | My tongue-tied Muse in manners holds her still, | MY toung-tide Muse in manners holds her still, |
| Sonnets | Sonn.85.4 | And precious phrase by all the Muses filed. | And precious phrase by all the Muses fil'd. |
| Sonnets | Sonn.100.1 | Where art thou, Muse, that thou forgett'st so long | WHere art thou Muse that thou forgetst so long, |
| Sonnets | Sonn.100.5 | Return, forgetful Muse, and straight redeem | Returne forgetfull Muse, and straight redeeme, |
| Sonnets | Sonn.100.9 | Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey, | Rise resty Muse, my loues sweet face suruay, |
| Sonnets | Sonn.101.1 | O truant Muse, what shall be thy amends | OH truant Muse what shalbe thy amends, |
| Sonnets | Sonn.101.5 | Make answer, Muse: wilt thou not haply say, | Make answere Muse, wilt thou not haply saie, |
| Sonnets | Sonn.101.13 | Then do thy office, Muse; I teach thee how, | Then do thy office Muse, I teach thee how, |
| Sonnets | Sonn.103.1 | Alack, what poverty my Muse brings forth, | ALack what pouerty my Muse brings forth, |
| Venus and Adonis | Ven.683 | The many musets through the which he goes | The many musits through the which he goes, |