| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.305 | 'Tis but the shadow of a wife you see, | 'Tis but the shadow of a wife you see, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.27 | A mangled shadow. Perchance tomorrow | A mangled shadow. Perchance to morrow, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.100.1 | Condemning shadows quite. | Condemning shadowes quite. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.201 | of the sight of Orlando: I'll go find a shadow and sigh | of the sight of Orlando: Ile goe finde a shadow, and sigh |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.258 | Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow | tickled with good successe, disdaines the shadow |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.97 | Poor shadows of Elysium, hence, and rest | Poore shadowes of Elizium, hence, and rest |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.474 | So vanished; which foreshadowed our princely eagle, | So vanish'd; which fore-shew'd our Princely Eagle |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.258 | shadow of a dream. | shadow of a Dreame. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.259 | A dream itself is but a shadow. | A dreame it selfe is but a shadow. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.261 | light a quality that it is but a shadow's shadow. | light a quality, that it is but a shadowes shadow. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.263 | and outstretched heroes the beggars' shadows. Shall | and out-stretcht Heroes the Beggers Shadowes: shall |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.99 | Than thou the shadow of succession. | Then thou, the shadow of Succession; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.29 | So many of his shadows thou hast met, | So many of his shadowes thou hast met, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.193 | But shadows and the shows of men, to fight; | But shadowes, and the shewes of men to fight. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.153 | I am your shadow, my lord; I'll follow you. | I am your shadow, my Lord, Ile follow you. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.1 | Enter Justice Shallow and Justice Silence | Enter Shallow and Silence: with Mouldie, Shadow, Wart, Feeble, Bull-calfe |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.121 | Simon Shadow! | Simon Shadow. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.122 | Enter Shadow | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.124 | Where's Shadow? | Where's Shadow? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.126 | Shadow, whose son art thou? | Shadow, whose sonne art thou? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.129 | father's shadow. So the son of the female is the shadow | Fathers shadow: so the sonne of the Female, is the shadow |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.133 | Shadow will serve for summer. Prick him, for | Shadow will serue for Summer: pricke him: For |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.134 | we have a number of shadows fill up the muster-book. | wee haue a number of shadowes to fill vppe the Muster-Booke. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.243 | Shadow. | Shadow. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.258 | Shadow; give me this man: he presents no mark to the | Shadow, giue me this man: hee presents no marke to the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.15 | In shadow of such greatness! With you, Lord Bishop, | In shadow of such Greatnesse? With you, Lord Bishop, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.35 | Long time thy shadow hath been thrall to me, | Long time thy shadow hath been thrall to me, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.45 | To think that you have aught but Talbot's shadow | To thinke, that you haue ought but Talbots shadow, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.49 | No, no, I am but shadow of myself. | No, no, I am but shadow of my selfe: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.61 | That Talbot is but shadow of himself? | That Talbot is but shadow of himselfe? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.133 | Must he be then as shadow of himself? | Must he be then as shadow of himselfe? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.14 | Of that great shadow I did represent – | Of that great Shadow I did represent: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.69 | Yet parted but the shadow with his hand. | Yet parted but the shadow with his Hand. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.51 | And be true king indeed, thou but the shadow. | And be true King indeede: thou but the shadow. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.49 | We'll yoke together, like a double shadow | Wee'le yoake together, like a double shadow |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.224 | I am the shadow of poor Buckingham, | I am the shadow of poore Buckingham, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.58 | That you might see your shadow. I have heard, | That you might see your shadow: / I haue heard, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.86 | As we were sickly prey; their shadows seem | As we were sickely prey; their shadowes seeme |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.56 | Which he shall shadow with a veil of lawn, | Which he shall shadow with a vaile of lawne, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.233 | Take one and both, for, like an humble shadow, | Take one and both for like an humble shaddow, |
| King John | KJ II.i.14 | Shadowing their right under your wings of war. | Shadowing their right vnder your wings of warre: |
| King John | KJ II.i.498 | The shadow of myself formed in her eye; | The shadow of my selfe form'd in her eye, |
| King John | KJ II.i.499 | Which, being but the shadow of your son, | Which being but the shadow of your sonne, |
| King John | KJ II.i.500 | Becomes a sun and makes your son a shadow. | Becomes a sonne and makes your sonne a shadow: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.64 | With shadowy forests and with champains riched, | With shadowie Forrests, and with Champains rich'd |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.2227 | Lear's shadow. | Lears shadow. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.55 | course his own shadow for a traitor. Bless thy five wits! | course his owne shadow for a Traitor. Blisse thy fiue Wits, |
| King Lear | KL V.ii.1 | Here, father, take the shadow of this tree | Heere Father, take the shadow of this Tree |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.105 | The baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow! | The Baby of a Girle. Hence horrible shadow, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.110 | Come like shadows, so depart. | Come like shadowes, so depart. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iv.5 | And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow | And bear't before him, thereby shall we shadow |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.24 | Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player | Life's but a walking Shadow, a poore Player, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.248 | have all shadow and silence in it, and the place answer to | haue all shadow, and silence in it: and the place answere to |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.58 | a-capering: he will fence with his own shadow. If I | a capring, he will fence with his own shadow. If I |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.2 | The shadowed livery of the burnished sun, | The shadowed liuerie of the burnisht sunne, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.66 | Some there be that shadows kiss; | Some there be that shadowes kisse, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.67 | Such have but a shadow's bliss. | Such haue but a shadowes blisse: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.127 | The substance of my praise doth wrong this shadow | The substance of my praise doth wrong this shadow |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.128 | In underprizing it, so far this shadow | In vnderprising it, so farre this shadow |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.8 | And saw the lion's shadow ere himself, | And saw the Lyons shadow ere himselfe, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.201 | ‘ Love like a shadow flies when substance love pursues, | "Loue like a shadow flies, when substance Loue pursues, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.144 | Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, | Swift as a shadow, short as any dreame, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.347 | Believe me, King of shadows, I mistook. | Beleeue me, King of shadowes, I mistooke, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.208 | The best in this kind are but shadows; and the | The best in this kind are but shadowes, and the |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.413 | If we shadows have offended, | If we shadowes haue offended, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.274 | one's own shadow! O, thou invisible spirit of wine, if | ones owne shadow? Oh thou invisible spirit of Wine, if |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.40 | invest herself in such shadowing passion without some | inuest her selfe in such shadowing passion, without some |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.107 | our shadow to scatter his crowns of the sun. | our shadow, to scatter his crownes in the Sunne. |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.21 | Like motes and shadows see them move awhile; | Like moats and shadowes, see them / Moue a while, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.14 | Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows | Each substance of a greefe hath twenty shadows |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.23 | Which looked on as it is, is naught but shadows | Which look'd on as it is, is naught bur shadowes |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.25 | Let's step into the shadow of these trees. | Let's step into the shadow of these Trees. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.291 | The shadow of your sorrow hath destroyed | The shadow of your Sorrow hath destroy'd |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.292.1 | The shadow or your face. | The shadow of your Face. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.293 | ‘ The shadow of my sorrow ’ – ha, let's see. | The shadow of my Sorrow: ha, let's see, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.296 | Are merely shadows to the unseen grief | Are meerely shadowes, to the vnseene Griefe, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.26 | Unless to spy my shadow in the sun | Vnlesse to see my Shadow in the Sunne, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.263 | That I may see my shadow as I pass. | That I may see my Shadow as I passe. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.53 | A shadow like an angel, with bright hair | A Shadow like an Angell, with bright hayre |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.83 | I called thee then poor shadow, painted queen, | I call'd thee then, poore Shadow, painted Queen, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.216 | Nay, good my lord, be not afraid of shadows. | Nay good my Lord, be not affraid of Shadows. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.217 | By the apostle Paul, shadows tonight | By the Apostle Paul, shadowes to night |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.6 | Driving back shadows over louring hills. | Driuing backe shadowes ouer lowring hils. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.11 | When but love's shadows are so rich in joy! | When but loues shadowes are so rich in ioy. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.67 | Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves, | Whose shadow the dismissed Batchelor loues, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.55 | Dost dialogue with thy shadow? | Dost Dialogue with thy shadow? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.6 | As stepped within the shadow of your power, | As slept within the shadow of your power |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.103 | That so the shadows be not unappeased, | That so the shadowes be not vnappeas'd, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.129 | T' appease their groaning shadows that are gone. | T'appease their groaning shadowes that are gone. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.130 | There serve your lust, shadowed from heaven's eye, | There serue your lusts, shadow'd from heauens eye, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.15 | And make a chequered shadow on the ground. | And make a cheker'd shadow on the ground: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.19 | Whose circling shadows kings have sought to sleep in, | Whose circkling shadowes, Kings haue sought to sleep in |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.80 | He takes false shadows for true substances. | He takes false shadowes, for true substances. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.85 | Knowing that with the shadow of his wings | Knowing that with the shadow of his wings, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.17 | practising behaviour to his own shadow this half-hour. | practising behauiour to his own shadow this halfe houre: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.177 | And feed upon the shadow of perfection. | And feed vpon the shadow of perfection. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.121 | Is else devoted, I am but a shadow; | Is else deuoted, I am but a shadow; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.122 | And to your shadow will I make true love. | And to your shadow, will I make true loue. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.124 | And make it but a shadow, as I am. | And make it but a shadow, as I am. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.127 | To worship shadows and adore false shapes, | To worship shadowes, and adore false shapes, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.117 | Would better fit his chamber than this shadow. | Would better fit his Chamber, then this Shadow. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.194 | Come, shadow, come, and take this shadow up, | Come shadow, come, and take this shadow vp, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.2 | This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods, | This shadowy desart, vnfrequented woods |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.92 | Under the shadow of his sword may cool us; | Vnder the shaddow of his Sword, may coole us: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.145.1 | Affords them dust and shadow. | Affords them dust and shaddow. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.157 | To tell the world 'tis but a gaudy shadow | To tell the world, tis but a gaudy shaddow, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.34 | So he be with me; by him, like a shadow, | So hee be with me; By him, like a shadow |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.26 | Is but his foil; to him, a mere dull shadow. | Is but his foyle, to him, a meere dull shadow, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.137 | O sacred, shadowy, cold, and constant queen, | O sacred, shadowie, cold and constant Queene, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.34 | That creep like shadows by him, and do sigh | That creepe like shadowes by him, and do sighe |