Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.33 | For thou mayst see a sunshine and a hail | For thou maist see a sun-shine, and a haile |
Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.45 | Shines o'er with civil swords. Sextus Pompeius | Shines o're with ciuill Swords; Sextus Pompeius |
Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.55 | He was not sad, for he would shine on those | He was not sad, for he would shine on those |
Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.29 | When he shines by. I say again, thy spirit | When he shines by: I say againe, thy spirit |
The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.30 | When the sun shines let foolish gnats make sport, | When the sunne shines, let foolish gnats make sport, |
Cymbeline | Cym I.iii.30 | She shines not upon fools, lest the reflection | She shines not vpon Fooles, least the reflection |
Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.138 | Hath Britain all the sun that shines? Day? Night? | Hath Britaine all the Sunne that shines? Day? Night? |
Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.34.2 | By this sun that shines | By this Sunne that shines |
Cymbeline | Cym V.v.477.1 | Which shines here in the west. | Which shines heere in the West. |
Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.72 | Wherein they say you shine. Your sum of parts | |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.53 | To see him shine so brisk, and smell so sweet, | To see him shine so briske, and smell so sweet, |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.136 | The moon shines fair, you may away by night. | The Moone shines faire, / You may away by Night: |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.80 | When it shines seldom in admiring eyes, | When it shines seldome in admiring Eyes: |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.45 | the lightness of his wife shines through it – and yet | the lightnesse of his Wife shines through it, and yet |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.12 | And ripens in the sunshine of his favour, | And ripens in the Sunne-shine of his fauor, |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.50 | to me, and I in the clear sky of fame o'ershine | to me; and I, in the cleare Skie of Fame, o're-shine |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.56 | Let it shine, then. | Let it shine then. |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.57 | Thine's too thick to shine. | Thine's too thick to shine. |
Henry V | H5 V.ii.162 | – or rather, the sun, and not the moon; for it shines | or rather the Sunne, and not the Moone; for it shines |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.3 | Late did he shine upon the English side; | Late did he shine vpon the English side: |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.75 | To shine on my contemptible estate. | To shine on my contemptible estate. |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.31 | Now shine it like a comet of revenge, | Now shine it like a Commet of Reuenge, |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.98 | Advance our half-faced sun, striving to shine, | Aduance our halfe-fac'd Sunne, striuing to shine; |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.38 | And overshine the earth as this the world. | And ouer-shine the Earth, as this the World. |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.186 | Ne'er may he live to see a sunshine day | Ne're may he liue to see a Sun-shine day, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.156 | Even then that sunshine brewed a shower for him | Euen then that Sun-shine brew'd a showre for him, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.163 | But when we saw our sunshine made thy spring, | But when we saw, our Sunshine made thy Spring, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.10 | And who shines now but Henry's enemies? | And who shines now, but Henries Enemies? |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.60 | The sun shines hot; and, if we use delay, | The Sunne shines hot, and if we vse delay, |
Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.60 | Shall shine at full upon them. Some attend him. | Shall shine at full vpon them. Some attend him. |
Henry VIII | H8 V.v.50 | Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, | Where euer the bright Sunne of Heauen shall shine, |
Julius Caesar | JC III.i.64 | They are all fire, and every one doth shine; | They are all Fire, and euery one doth shine: |
King Edward III | E3 II.i.149 | And, being unmasked, outshine the golden sun. | And being vnmaskt outshine the golden sun, |
King Edward III | E3 II.i.234 | It haunts the sunshine of my summer's life. | Yt hauntes the sunshineof my summers life, |
King Lear | KL I.ii.5 | For that I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines | For that I am some twelue, or fourteene Moonshines |
King Lear | KL II.ii.28 | though it be night, yet the moon shines. I'll make a sop | though it be night, yet the Moone shines, Ile make a sop |
King Lear | KL II.ii.29 | o'the moonshine of you, you whoreson cullionly | oth'Moonshine of you, you whoreson Cullyenly |
King Lear | KL IV.iii.18 | Sunshine and rain at once; her smiles and tears | |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.28 | Nor shines the silver moon one half so bright | Nor shines the siluer Moone one halfe so bright, |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.31 | Thou shinest in every tear that I do weep; | Thou shin'st in euery teare that I doe weepe, |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.67 | Then thou, fair sun, which on my earth dost shine, | Then thou faire Sun, which on my earth doest shine, |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.89 | Ay, as some days; but then no sun must shine. | I as some daies, but then no sunne must shine. |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.244 | O, 'tis the sun that maketh all things shine! | O 'tis the Sunne that maketh all things shine. |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.201 | Vouchsafe to show the sunshine of your face, | Vouchsafe to shew the sunshine of your face, |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.205 | Vouchsafe, bright moon, and these thy stars, to shine – | Vouchsafe bright Moone, and these thy stars to shine, |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.208 | Thou now requests but moonshine in the water. | Thou now requests but Mooneshine in the water. |
Macbeth | Mac I.iv.42 | But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine | But signes of Noblenesse, like Starres, shall shine |
Macbeth | Mac III.i.7 | As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine, | As vpon thee Macbeth, their Speeches shine, |
Macbeth | Mac III.i.127 | Your spirits shine through you. Within this hour, at most, | Your Spirits shine through you. / Within this houre, at most, |
The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.1 | The moon shines bright. In such a night as this, | The moone shines bright. In such a night as this, |
The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.91 | So shines a good deed in a naughty world. | So shines a good deed in a naughty world. |
The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.94 | A substitute shines brightly as a king | A substitute shines brightly as a King |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.58 | Then did the sun on dunghill shine. | Then did the Sun on dung-hill shine. |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.38 | You moonshine revellers, and shades of night, | You Moone-shine reuellers, and shades of night. |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.102 | Till candles and starlight and moonshine be out. | Till Candles, & Star-light, & Moone-shine be out. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.32 | Shall shine from far | shall shine from farre, |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.46 | Doth the moon shine that night we play our play? | Doth the Moone shine that night wee play our play? |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.48 | find out moonshine, find out moonshine! | finde out Moone-shine, finde out Moone-shine. Enter Pucke. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.49 | Yes, it doth shine that night. | Yes, it doth shine that night. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.52 | the moon may shine in at the casement. | the Moone may shine in at the casement. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.55 | present the person of Moonshine. Then there is another | present the person of Moone-shine. Then there is another |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.106 | Let her shine as gloriously | Let her shine as gloriously |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.380 | And yonder shines Aurora's harbinger, | And yonder shines Auroras harbinger; |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.432 | Abate thy hours, shine comforts from the East, | Abate thy houres, shine comforts from the East, |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.126.2 | Wall, Starveling as Moonshine, and Snug as Lion; | Enter Pyramus and Thisby, |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.126.3 | a trumpeter before them | Wall, Moone-shine, and Lyon. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.135 | Presenteth Moonshine. For if you will know | Presenteth moone-shine. For if you will know, |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.136 | By moonshine did these lovers think no scorn | By moone-shine did these Louers thinke no scorne |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.149 | Let Lion, Moonshine, Wall, and lovers twain | Let Lyon, Moone-shine, Wall, and Louers twaine, |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.152 | No wonder, my lord – one lion may, when many asses do. | No wonder, my Lord: one Lion may, when many Asses doe. Exit Lyon, Thisbie, and Mooneshine. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.215.1 | Enter Snug as Lion and Starveling as Moonshine | Enter Lyon and Moone-shine. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.259 | Well shone, Moon! Truly, the moon shines | Well shone Moone. / Truly the Moone shines |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.297 | Exit Starveling as Moonshine | |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.304 | How chance Moonshine is gone before | How chance Moone-shine is gone before? |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.340 | Moonshine and Lion are left to bury the dead. | Moone-shine & Lion are left to burie the dead. |
Pericles | Per I.ii.124 | Thou showedst a subject's shine, I a true prince. | Thou shewdst a subiects shine, I a true Prince. |
Richard II | R2 I.iii.145 | That sun that warms you here shall shine on me, | That Sun that warmes you heere, shall shine on me: |
Richard II | R2 IV.i.220 | ‘ And send him many years of sunshine days.’ | And send him many yeeres of Sunne-shine dayes. |
Richard II | R2 IV.i.286 | A brittle glory shineth in this face. | A brittle Glory shineth in this Face, |
Richard III | R3 I.ii.262 | Shine out, fair sun, till I have bought a glass, | Shine out faire Sunne, till I haue bought a glasse, |
Richard III | R3 V.iii.279 | Then he disdains to shine; for by the book | Then he disdaines to shine: for by the Booke |
Richard III | R3 V.iii.286 | Not shine today? Why, what is that to me | Not shine to day? Why, what is that to me |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.65 | Her collars, of the moonshine's watery beams; | her coullers of the Moonshines watry Beames, |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.2 | Good Lord, how bright and goodly shines the moon! | Good Lord how bright and goodly shines the Moone. |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.4 | I say it is the moon that shines so bright. | I say it is the Moone that shines so bright. |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.5 | I know it is the sun that shines so bright. | I know it is the Sunne that shines so bright. |
The Tempest | Tem V.i.37 | By moonshine do the green, sour ringlets make, | By Moone-shine doe the greene sowre Ringlets make, |
Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.10 | I wonder on't. He was wont to shine at seven. | I wonder on't, he was wont to shine at seauen. |
Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.101 | If after two days' shine Athens contain thee, | If after two dayes shine, Athens containe thee, |
Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.185 | Whereon Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine – | Whereon Hyperions quickning fire doth shine: |
Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.16 | But let desert in pure election shine, | But let Desert in pure Election shine; |
Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.320 | Dost overshine the gallant'st dames of Rome, | Dost ouer-shine the Gallant'st Dames of Rome, |
Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.19 | I will be bright and shine in pearl and gold | I will be bright and shine in Pearle and Gold, |
Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.96 | Here never shines the sun, here nothing breeds, | Heere neuer shines the Sunne, heere nothing breeds, |
Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.229 | Doth shine upon the dead man's earthy cheeks, | Doth shine vpon the dead mans earthly cheekes, |
Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.231 | So pale did shine the moon on Pyramus | So pale did shine the Moone on Piramus, |
Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.155 | Yea, overshines ourself. | Yea ouershines our selfe. |
Twelfth Night | TN II.i.3 | By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly | By your patience, no: my starres shine darkely |
Twelfth Night | TN III.i.38 | shines everywhere. I would be sorry, sir, but the fool | shines euery where. I would be sorry sir, but the Foole |
Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.34 | Then lead the way, good father, and heavens so shine | Then lead the way good father, & heauens so shine, |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.36 | these follies, that these follies are within you, and shine | these follies, that these follies are within you, and shine |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.156 | Wilt thou reach stars, because they shine on thee? | Wilt thou reach stars, because they shine on thee? |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.290 | As her bright eyes shine on ye! Would I were | As her bright eies shine on ye. would I were |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.20.1 | The only star to shine. | The onely star to shine. |
The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.16 | The pale moon shines by night: | the pale Moone shines by night: |
The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.441 | The selfsame sun that shines upon his court | The selfe-same Sun, that shines vpon his Court, |