| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Oh Corin, that thou knew'st how I do loue her. | O Corin, that thou knewest how I do love her! | AYL II.iv.19 |
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| No Corin, being old, thou canst not guesse, | No, Corin, being old thou canst not guess, | AYL II.iv.21 |
| Though in thy youth thou wast as true a louer | Though in thy youth thou wast as true a lover | AYL II.iv.22 |
| As euer sigh'd vpon a midnight pillow: | As ever sighed upon a midnight pillow. | AYL II.iv.23 |
| But if thy loue were euer like to mine, | But if thy love were ever like to mine – | AYL II.iv.24 |
| As sure I thinke did neuer man loue so: | As sure I think did never man love so – | AYL II.iv.25 |
| How many actions most ridiculous, | How many actions most ridiculous | AYL II.iv.26 |
| Hast thou beene drawne to by thy fantasie? | Hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy? | AYL II.iv.27 |
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| Oh thou didst then neuer loue so hartily, | O, thou didst then never love so heartily. | AYL II.iv.29 |
| If thou remembrest not the slightest folly, | If thou rememberest not the slightest folly | AYL II.iv.30 |
| That euer loue did make thee run into, | That ever love did make thee run into, | AYL II.iv.31 |
| Thou hast not lou'd. | Thou hast not loved. | AYL II.iv.32 |
| Or if thou hast not sat as I doe now, | Or if thou hast not sat as I do now, | AYL II.iv.33 |
| Wearing thy hearer in thy Mistris praise, | Wearing thy hearer in thy mistress' praise, | AYL II.iv.34 |
| Thou hast not lou'd. | Thou hast not loved. | AYL II.iv.35 |
| Or if thou hast not broke from companie, | Or if thou hast not broke from company | AYL II.iv.36 |
| Abruptly as my passion now makes me, | Abruptly, as my passion now makes me, | AYL II.iv.37 |
| Thou hast not lou'd. | Thou hast not loved. | AYL II.iv.38 |
| O Phebe, Phebe, Phebe. | O Phebe, Phebe, Phebe! | AYL II.iv.39 |
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| Sweet Phebe doe not scorne me, do not Phebe | Sweet Phebe, do not scorn me, do not, Phebe. | AYL III.v.1 |
| Say that you loue me not, but say not so | Say that you love me not, but say not so | AYL III.v.2 |
| In bitternesse; the common executioner | In bitterness. The common executioner, | AYL III.v.3 |
| Whose heart th'accustom'd sight of death makes hard | Whose heart th' accustomed sight of death makes hard, | AYL III.v.4 |
| Falls not the axe vpon the humbled neck, | Falls not the axe upon the humbled neck | AYL III.v.5 |
| But first begs pardon: will you sterner be | But first begs pardon: will you sterner be | AYL III.v.6 |
| Then he that dies and liues by bloody drops? | Than he that dies and lives by bloody drops? | AYL III.v.7 |
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| O deere Phebe, | O dear Phebe, | AYL III.v.27.2 |
| If euer (as that euer may be neere) | If ever – as that ever may be near – | AYL III.v.28 |
| You meet in some fresh cheeke the power of fancie, | You meet in some fresh cheek the power of fancy, | AYL III.v.29 |
| Then shall you know the wouuds inuisible | Then shall you know the wounds invisible | AYL III.v.30 |
| That Loues keene arrows make. | That love's keen arrows make. | AYL III.v.31.1 |
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| Sweet Phebe. | Sweet Phebe – | AYL III.v.83.1 |
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| Sweet Phebe pitty me. | Sweet Phebe, pity me. | AYL III.v.84 |
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| Where euer sorrow is, reliefe would be: | Wherever sorrow is, relief would be. | AYL III.v.86 |
| If you doe sorrow at my griefe in loue, | If you do sorrow at my grief in love, | AYL III.v.87 |
| By giuing loue your sorrow, and my griefe | By giving love, your sorrow and my grief | AYL III.v.88 |
| Were both extermin'd. | Were both extermined. | AYL III.v.89 |
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| I would haue you. | I would have you. | AYL III.v.91.1 |
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| So holy, and so perfect is my loue, | So holy and so perfect is my love, | AYL III.v.99 |
| And I in such a pouerty of grace, | And I in such a poverty of grace, | AYL III.v.100 |
| That I shall thinke it a most plenteous crop | That I shall think it a most plenteous crop | AYL III.v.101 |
| To gleane the broken eares after the man | To glean the broken ears after the man | AYL III.v.102 |
| That the maine haruest reapes: loose now and then | That the main harvest reaps. Loose now and then | AYL III.v.103 |
| A scattred smile, and that Ile liue vpon. | A scattered smile, and that I'll live upon. | AYL III.v.104 |
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| Not very well, but I haue met him oft, | Not very well, but I have met him oft, | AYL III.v.106 |
| And he hath bought the Cottage and the bounds | And he hath bought the cottage and the bounds | AYL III.v.107 |
| That the old Carlot once was Master of. | That the old carlot once was master of. | AYL III.v.108 |
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| Phebe, with all my heart. | Phebe, with all my heart. | AYL III.v.136.1 |
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| My errand is to you, faire youth, | My errand is to you, fair youth: | AYL IV.iii.7 |
| My gentle Phebe, did bid me giue you this: | My gentle Phebe bid me give you this. | AYL IV.iii.8 |
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| I know not the contents, but as I guesse | I know not the contents, but as I guess | AYL IV.iii.9 |
| By the sterne brow, and waspish action | By the stern brow and waspish action | AYL IV.iii.10 |
| Which she did vse, as she was writing of it, | Which she did use as she was writing of it, | AYL IV.iii.11 |
| It beares an angry tenure; pardon me, | It bears an angry tenor. Pardon me, | AYL IV.iii.12 |
| I am but as a guiltlesse messenger. | I am but as a guiltless messenger. | AYL IV.iii.13 |
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| No, I protest, I know not the contents, | No, I protest, I know not the contents; | AYL IV.iii.22 |
| Phebe did write it. | Phebe did write it. | AYL IV.iii.23.1 |
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| Sure it is hers. | Sure, it is hers. | AYL IV.iii.31 |
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| So please you, for I neuer heard it yet: | So please you, for I never heard it yet; | AYL IV.iii.38 |
| Yet heard too much of Phebes crueltie. | Yet heard too much of Phebe's cruelty. | AYL IV.iii.39 |
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| Call you this railing? | Call you this railing? | AYL IV.iii.44 |
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| Call you this chiding? | Call you this chiding? | AYL IV.iii.65 |
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| It is to be all made of sighes and teares, | It is to be all made of sighs and tears, | AYL V.ii.79 |
| And so am I for Phebe. | And so am I for Phebe. | AYL V.ii.80 |
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| It is to be all made of faith and seruice, | It is to be all made of faith and service, | AYL V.ii.84 |
| And so am I for Phebe. | And so am I for Phebe. | AYL V.ii.85 |
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| It is to be all made of fantasie, | It is to be all made of fantasy, | AYL V.ii.89 |
| All made of passion, and all made of wishes, | All made of passion, and all made of wishes, | AYL V.ii.90 |
| All adoration, dutie, and obseruance, | All adoration, duty and observance, | AYL V.ii.91 |
| All humblenesse, all patience, and impatience, | All humbleness, all patience, and impatience, | AYL V.ii.92 |
| All puritie, all triall, all obseruance: | All purity, all trial, all observance; | AYL V.ii.93 |
| And so am I for Phebe. | And so am I for Phebe. | AYL V.ii.94 |
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| If this be so, why blame you me to loue you? | If this be so, why blame you me to love you? | AYL V.ii.99 |
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| Ile not faile, if I liue. | I'll not fail, if I live. | AYL V.ii.116 |
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| Though to haue her and death, were both one thing. | Though to have her and death were both one thing. | AYL V.iv.17 |