| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Take, oh take those lips away, | Take, O take those lips away | MM IV.i.1 |
| that so sweetly were forsworne, | That so sweetly were forsworn; | MM IV.i.2 |
| And those eyes: the breake of day | And those eyes, the break of day, | MM IV.i.3 |
| lights that doe mislead the Morne; | Lights that do mislead the morn: | MM IV.i.4 |
| But my kisses bring againe, bring againe, | But my kisses bring again, bring again; | MM IV.i.5 |
| Seales of loue, but seal'd in vaine, seal'd in vaine. | Seals of love, but sealed in vain, sealed in vain. | MM IV.i.6 |