| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.9 | Hark! You may know by their trumpets. | harke, you may know by their Trumpets. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.37 | Ay, marry, is't. Hark you, they come this way. | I marrie ist. Harke you, they come this way: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.16.1 | Hark, Ventidius. | Hearke Ventidius. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.27.2 | Widow? Charmian, hark. | Widdow? Charmian, hearke. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.1 | Hark! The land bids me tread no more upon't; | Hearke, the Land bids me tread no more vpon't, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iii.14.1 | Hark! | Hearke. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.11 | Hark further. | Hearke further. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.29.2 | Hark! The drums | Hearke the Drummes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.192 | Be noble to myself. But hark thee, Charmian. | be Noble to my selfe. / But hearke thee Charmian. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.184 | Hark, hark, I hear him, mistress. Fly, be gone! | Harke, harke, I heare him Mistris: flie, be gone. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.15 | That's lesser than a little. (Drum afar off) Hark! our drums | That's lesser then a little: Drum a farre off. Hearke, our Drummes |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.19 | They'll open of themselves. (Alarum far off) Hark you, far off! | They'le open of themselues. Alarum farre off. Harke you, farre off |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.v.9 | And hark, what noise the general makes! To him! | And harke, what noyse the Generall makes: To him |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.150 | enemy's grave. (A shout and flourish) Hark, the trumpets. | Enemies Graue. Hearke, the Trumpets. A showt, and flourish. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.47 | As the recomforted through th' gates. Why, hark you! | As the recomforted through th' gates. Why harke you: |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.50.1 | Make the sun dance. Hark you! | Make the Sunne dance. Hearke you. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.56 | I'd not have given a doit. Hark, how they joy! | I'de not haue giuen a doit. Harke, how they ioy. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.49 | And I'll renew me in his fall. But hark! | And Ile renew me in his fall. But hearke. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.32.2 | Hark thee, a word. | Hearke thee, a word. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.19 | Hark, hark, the lark at heaven's gate sings, | Hearke, hearke, the Larke at Heauens gate sings, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.122 | Hark you, he swears: by Jupiter he swears. | Hearke you, he sweares: by Iupiter he sweares. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.98 | His own conceiving. Hark, the game is roused! | His owne conceyuing. Hearke, the Game is rows'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.53.2 | Hark, boys. | Hearke Boyes. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.187 | Hark, Polydore – it sounds: but what occasion | (Hearke Polidore) it sounds: but what occasion |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.188 | Hath Cadwal now to give it motion? Hark! | Hath Cadwal now to giue it motion? Hearke. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.380 | Hark you, Guildenstern – and you too – at each | Hearke you Guildensterne, and you too: at each |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.105 | I love thee infinitely. But hark you, Kate, | I loue thee infinitely. But hearke you Kate, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.117 | Not an inch further. But hark you, Kate. | Not an inch further. But harke you Kate, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.56 | Nay but hark you, Francis, for the sugar | Nay but harke you Francis, for the Sugar |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.vi.88 | As merry as crickets, my lad. But hark ye, what | As merrie as Crickets my Lad. But harke yee, What |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.515 | Hark how hard he fetches breath. Search | Harke, how hard he fetches breath: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.148 | Hark thee hither, Mistress Doll. | Hearke thee hither, Mistris Dol. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.87 | The word of peace is rendered. Hark how they shout! | The word of Peace is render'd: hearke how they showt. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.83 | him my mind. (Drum within) Hark you, the King is | him my minde: hearke you, the King is |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.6 | Hark how our steeds for present service neigh! | Hearke how our Steedes, for present Seruice neigh. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.35 | But hark! what new alarum is this same? | But hearke, what new alarum is this same? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.27 | Hark, countrymen! Either renew the fight | Hearke Countreymen, eyther renew the fight, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.29 | Hark, by the sound of drum you may perceive | Hearke, by the sound of Drumme you may perceiue |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.37 | Hark ye, not so. In witness take ye that. | Hearke ye: not so: in witnesse take ye that. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.39 | Hark! hark! The Dauphin's drum, a warning bell, | Harke, harke, the Dolphins drumme, a warning bell, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.175 | Farewell, sweet madam. But hark you, Margaret – | Farwell sweet Madam: but hearke you Margaret, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.55 | And hark ye, sirs; because she is a maid, | And hearke ye sirs: because she is a Maide, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.22 | Ah, hark! The fatal followers do pursue, | Ah hearke, the fatall followers doe pursue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.51 | Hark, hark, my lord! What shouts are these? | Hearke, hearke, my Lord, what Shouts are these? |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.81.2 | Hark! The trumpets sound; | Harke the Trumpets sound, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.304 | Hark, hark! one knocks, Portia, go in awhile; | Harke, harke, one knockes: Portia go in a while, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.16 | Hark, boy, what noise is that? | Hearke Boy, what noyse is that? |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.30.2 | Hark! he is arrived. | Hearke, he is arriu'd: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.69.1 | Ho, Lucilius, hark, a word with you. | Ho Lucillius, hearke, a word with you. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.32.2 | And hark! They shout for joy. | And hearke, they shout for ioy. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.5 | It is a deed in fashion. Hark thee, Clitus. | It is a deed in fashion. Hearke thee, Clitus. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.8.1 | Hark thee, Dardanius. | Hearke thee, Dardanius. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.19 | Hark, what a deadly outcry do I hear? | Harke, what a deadly outcrie do I heare? |
| King John | KJ III.iii.18 | Come hither, little kinsman. Hark, a word. | Come hether little kinsman, harke, a worde. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.78 | Hark, the Duke's trumpets! I know not why he comes. – | Harke, the Dukes Trumpets, I know not wher he comes.; |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.4.1 | Hark, do you hear the sea? | Hearke, do you heare the Sea? |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.153 | rails upon yon simple thief. Hark in thine ear – change | railes vpon yond simple theefe. Hearke in thine eare: Change |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.27 | Come hither, captain. Hark. | Come hither Captaine, hearke. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.159 | Hark, slave, it is but this: | Harke slaue, it is but this: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.2 | What hath quenched them hath given me fire. – Hark! – Peace! | What hath quench'd them, hath giuen me fire. Hearke, peace: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.11 | Confounds us. – Hark! – I laid their daggers ready; | Confounds vs: hearke: I lay'd their Daggers ready, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.18 | Hark! | Hearke, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.69.2 | Hark! more knocking. | Hearke, more knocking. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iii.8.2 | Hark! I hear horses. | Hearke, I heare Horses. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.v.34 | Hark! I am called. My little spirit, see, | Hearke, I am call'd: my little Spirit see |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.32 | Hark! She speaks. I will set down what comes | Heark, she speaks, I will set downe what comes |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.234 | your prophecy, hark you: I advise you, let me not find | your prophesie, harke you: I aduise you let me not finde |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.145 | Hark how I'll bribe you. Good my lord, turn back. | Hark, how Ile bribe you: good my Lord turn back. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.66.2 | But hark, what noise? | But harke, what noise? |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.339 | Hark how the villain would close now, after his | Harke how the villaine would close now, after his |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.24 | But hark, I hear the footing of a man. | But harke, I heare the footing of a man. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.97 | Into the main of waters. Music! hark! | Into the maine of waters: musique, harke. Musicke. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.139 | Whither go you, George? Hark you. | Whether goe you (George?) harke you. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.193 | believe me, I hear the parson is no jester. Hark, I will | (beleeue mee) I heare the Parson is no Iester: harke, I will |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.21 | Cannot attain it, why then – hark you hither. | Cannot attaine it, why then harke you hither. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.29 | Hark ye, Master Slender | Hark ye, M. Slender |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.18 | I'll show you here at large. Hark, good mine host: | Ile show you here at large (harke good mine Host:) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.79 | But hark, a voice. Stay thou but here awhile, | But harke, a voyce: stay thou but here a while, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.305.2 | Lower? Hark, again! | Lower? harke againe. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.93.2 | But hark, a sail! | But hearke, a Saile. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.139.2 | But hark, what noise? | But hearke, what noise? |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.168 | Hark how these instruments summon to supper! | Hearke how these Instruments summon to supper: |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.50 | Nay, that's not next. Hark, who is't that knocks? | (Nay that's not next. Harke, who is't that knocks? |
| Othello | Oth V.i.40 | Hark! | Hearke. |
| Othello | Oth V.i.46 | Hark! | Hearke. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.245 | Hark, canst thou hear me? I will play the swan. | Hearke, canst thou heare me? I will play the Swan, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.76 | The rest – hark in thine ear – as black as incest; | The rest harke in thine eare, as blacke as incest, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.85 | Hark you, my friend, you said you | Harke you my friend: You sayd you |
| Pericles | Per II.i.96 | Hark you, sir, do you know where ye | Harke you sir; doe you know where yee |
| Pericles | Per II.i.149 | Ay, but hark you, my friend, 'twas | I but harke you my friend, t'was |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.144 | Hark, hark, you gods! | Harke, harke you Gods. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.V.24 | Shall be discovered. Please you sit and hark. | Shalbe discouerd, please you sit and harke. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.224 | O, heavens bless my girl! But hark, what music? | O heauens blesse my girle, But harke what Musicke |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.33 | I cannot think it. Hark! What noise is this? | I cannot thinke it. Hearke, what noise is this? |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.16 | Hark! A drum. | Hearke, a Drumme. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.77 | Thou sing'st sweet music. Hark, come hither, Tyrrel. | Thou sing'st sweet Musique: / Hearke, come hither Tyrrel, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.338 | Ravish our daughters? (Drum afar off) Hark! I hear their drum. | Rauish our daughters? Drum afarre off / Hearke, I heare their Drumme, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.190 | Now God in heaven bless thee! Hark you, sir. | Now God in heauen blesse thee: harke you sir, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.140 | Hark ye, your Romeo will be here at night. | Harke ye your Romeo will be heere at night, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.75 | Hark, how they knock! – Who's there? – Romeo, arise. | Harke how they knocke: / (Who's there) Romeo arise, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.24 | For hark you, Tybalt being slain so late, | For harke you, Tybalt being slaine so late, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.34 | Wilt thou have music? Hark, Apollo plays, | Wilt thou haue Musicke? Harke Apollo plaies, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.84 | Hark, Tranio, thou mayst hear Minerva speak. | Harke Tranio, thou maist heare Minerua speak. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.143 | Hark you, sir, I'll have them very fairly bound – | Hearke you sir, Ile haue them verie fairely bound, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.209 | Hortensio, hark. | Hortensio hearke: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.222 | Hark you, sir, you mean not her too? | Hearke you sir, you meane not her to--- |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.293 | Hark, Petruchio, she says she'll see thee hanged first. | Hark Petruchio, she saies shee'll see thee hang'd first. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.182 | Hark, hark! I hear the minstrels play. | harke, harke, I heare the minstrels play. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.318.1 | Hark in thine ear. | Hearke in thine eare. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.381 | Hark, hark! | Harke, harke, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.385 | Hark, hark! I hear | Hark, hark, I heare, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.405 | Hark! Now I hear them – Ding-dong bell. | Harke now I heare them, ding-dong bell. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.496.1 | Hark what thou else shalt do me. | Harke what thou else shalt do mee. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.19 | What harmony is this? My good friends, hark! | What harmony is this? my good friends, harke. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.257 | Fury, Fury! There, Tyrant, there! Hark! | Fury, Fury: there Tyrant, there: harke, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.258 | hark! | harke. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.262.2 | Hark, they roar! | Harke, they rore. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.99 | Why, hark ye, hark ye, and are you such fools | Why harke yee, harke yee, audare you such fooles, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.40 | Hark, Tamora, the empress of my soul, | Harke Tamora, the Empresse of my Soule, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.224 | I am the sea. Hark how her sighs do blow. | I am the Sea. Harke how her sighes doe flow: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.35 | Here is no drink? Hark, Marcus, what she says; | Heere is no drinke? Harke Marcus what she saies, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.161.1 | Hark ye, lords, (pointing to the Nurse) | Harke ye Lords, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.179 | Hark, wretches, how I mean to martyr you: | Harke Wretches, how I meane to martyr you, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.185 | Hark, villains, I will grind your bones to dust, | Harke Villaines, I will grin'd your bones to dust, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.115 | Hark what good sport is out of town today! | Harke what good sport is out of Towne to day. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.178 | Hark, they are coming from the field. Shall | Harke they are comming from the field, shal |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.224 | well – I marvel where Troilus is. Hark, do you not hear | well, I maruell where Troylus is; harke, do you not haere |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.110 | And hark what discord follows! Each thing meets | And hearke what Discord followes: each thing meetes |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.18 | And then you would have tarried! – Hark, there's one up. | And then you would haue tarried. Harke, ther's one vp? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.49 | Hark, you are called: some say the Genius so | Harke, you are call'd: some say the genius so |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.139.1 | Hark! Hector's trumpet! | Harke, Hectors Trumpet. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.8 | Now, my sweet guardian! – Hark, a word with you. | Now my sweet gardian: harke a word with you. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.35 | Hark, one word in your ear. | Harke one word in your eare. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.170 | Hark, Greek: as much as I do Cressid love, | Harke Greek: as much I doe Cressida loue; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.83 | Hark how Troy roars, how Hecuba cries out, | Harke how Troy roares; how Hecuba cries out; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.95 | They are at it, hark! – Proud Diomed, believe | They are at it, harke: proud Diomed, beleeue |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.viii.15 | Hark, a retire upon our Grecian part. | Harke, a retreat vpon our Grecian part. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ix.1.1 | Hark, hark, what shout is that? | Harke, harke, what shout is that? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.127 | But, hark thee; I will go to her alone; | But harke thee: I will goe to her alone, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.35 | Hark, hark! | Harke, harke. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.66 | Hark, what fine change is in the music! | Harke, what fine change is in the Musique. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.108.2 | Hark, sir, they call | Harke Sir, they call |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.4 | And darkness lord o'th' world. Hark; 'tis a wolf! | And darkenes Lord o'th world, Harke tis a woolfe: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.56 | Hark how yon spurs to spirit do incite | Harke how yon spurs to spirit doe incite |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.93 | ‘ Arcite’ and ‘ Victory!’ Hark, ‘ Arcite, victory!’ | Arcite, and victory, harke Arcite, victory, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.15.2 | Hark ye: | Harke ye, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.62 | fighting. Hark you now: would any but these boiled | fighting, hearke you now: would any but these boylde- |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.503.2 | Hark, Perdita – | Hearke Perdita, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.167 | a tall fellow, trust me not. Hark, the kings and the | a tall Fellow, trust me not. Harke, the Kings and |