| Ham I.ii.12 | [Claudius to all] With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage |
| Luc.1612 | [of Lucrece] this pale swan in her watery nest / Begins the sad dirge of her certain ending |
| RJ IV.v.88 | [Capulet to all, of the change from wedding to funeral] Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change |
| TNK II.v.15 | [Gaoler's Daugher alone] some wenches ... will sing my dirge |