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Search phrase: wail

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CoriolanusCor IV.i.26'Tis fond to wail inevitable strokes,'Tis fond to waile ineuitable strokes,
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.i.51And none but women left to wail the dead.And none but Women left to wayle the dead.
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.216And can do naught but wail her darling's loss;And can doe naught but wayle her Darlings losse;
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.iv.1Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss,Great Lords, wise men ne'r sit and waile their losse,
King LearKL III.vi.70Tom will make him weep and wail;Tom will make him weepe and waile,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.744From what it purposed; since to wail friends lostFrom what it purpos'd: since to waile friends lost,
MacbethMac III.i.121Whose loves I may not drop, but wail his fallWhose loues I may not drop, but wayle his fall,
MacbethMac IV.iii.8.2What I believe, I'll wail;What I beleeue, Ile waile;
Richard IIR2 II.ii.22Find shapes of grief more than himself to wail,Finde shapes of greefe, more then himselfe to waile,
Richard IIR2 III.ii.178My lord, wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes,My Lord, wise men ne're waile their present woes,
Richard IIR2 III.ii.179But presently prevent the ways to wail.But presently preuent the wayes to waile:
Richard IIR2 IV.i.300Me cause to wail, but teachest me the wayMe cause to wayle, but teachest me the way
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.203Long mayst thou live to wail thy children's deathLong may'st thou liue, to wayle thy Childrens death,
Richard IIIR3 II.ii.11It were lost sorrow to wail one that's lost.It were lost sorrow to waile one that's lost.
Richard IIIR3 II.ii.34Ah, who shall hinder me to wail and weep,Ah! who shall hinder me to waile and weepe?
Richard IIIR3 II.ii.102To wail the dimming of our shining star;To waile the dimming of our shining Starre:
Richard IIIR3 III.v.60Misconstrue us in him and wail his death.Misconster vs in him, and wayle his death.
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.392Ungoverned youth, to wail it in their age;Vngouern'd youth, to waile it with their age:
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.394Old barren plants, to wail it with their age.Old barren Plants, to waile it with their Age.
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.v.31Death, that hath ta'en her hence to make me wail,Death that hath tane her hence to make me waile,

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.213 Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week? Who buies a minutes mirth to waile a weeke?
The Rape of LucreceLuc.994 Have time to wail the abusing of his time. Haue time to waile th'abusing of his time.
SonnetsSonn.9.4 The world will wail thee like a makeless wife; The world will waile thee like a makelesse wife,
SonnetsSonn.30.4 And with old woes new wail my dear times' waste: And with old woes new waile my deare times waste:
Venus and AdonisVen.1017 To wail his death who lives, and must not die To waile his death who liues, and must not die,

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wailbewail, lament, grieve [for]

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BEWAILBASICsee WAIL
UNBEWAILEDBASICsee WAIL
WAILBASICwail v, wailiing adj
WAILBEWAILbewailed adj, bewailing adj
WAILNOTunbewailed adj

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