| AC II.i.6 | [Menecrates to Pompey] We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers / Deny us for our good |
| Cym V.iv.26 | [Posthumus alone, to the gods] great powers, / If you will take this audit, take this life |
| Cym V.v.467 | [Soothsayer to all] The fingers of the powers above do tune / The harmony of this peace |
| Ham III.i.142 | [Ophelia to Hamlet, as if to the gods] O heavenly powers, restore him! |
| JC V.i.106 | [Brutus to Cassius] arming myself with patience / To stay the providence of some high powers / That govern us below |
| KL I.i.207 | [Lear to Burgundy] by the power that made me |
| Luc.345 | [of Tarquin] in the midst of his unfruitful prayer, / Having solicited the eternal power |
| Luc.349 | [Tarquin, of his intention] The powers to whom I pray abhor this fact |
| Mac II.i.7 | [Banquo to Fleance, as if to the gods] Merciful powers, / Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature / Gives way to in repose |
| Mac IV.i.68.1 | [Macbeth to the vision] Tell me, thou unknown power |
| Mac IV.iii.237 | [Malcolm to all] the powers above / Put on their instruments |
| MV IV.i.289 | [Gratiano to all, of his wife] I would she were in heaven, so she could / Entreat some power to change this currish Jew |
| Oth II.i.189.2 | [Othello to the gods, of what Desdemona has said] Amen to that, sweet Powers! |
| Oth V.ii.216.2 | [Emilia to all] O God! O heavenly Powers! |
| Per I.i.73 | [Pericles to himself] But O you powers / That give heaven countless eyes to view men's acts |
| Per III.iii.10 | [Pericles to Cleon and Dionyza] We cannot but obey / The powers above us |
| Tem III.iii.74 | [Ariel to Alonso, Sebastian, and Antonio] The powers ... have / Incensed the seas and shores |
| Tem V.i.105 | [Gonzalo to all] Some heavenly power guide us / Out of this fearful country! |
| Tit III.i.207 | [Titus to all] If any power pities wretched tears, / To that I call |
| TNK V.i.7.1 | [Theseus to all, of Palamon and Arcite] They ... will honour / The very powers that love 'em |
| TNK V.i.89 | [Palamon to Venus] What godlike power / Hast thou not power upon? [first instance] |
| TNK V.iii.139 | [Emilia to all, as if to the gods] O all you heavenly powers, where is your mercy? |
| WT III.ii.200.2 | [Lord to Paulina, of Hermione's death] The higher powers forbid! |
| WT V.iii.91.1 | [Paulina to Leontes] you'll think ... I am assisted / By wicked powers |