| Ham II.ii.450 | [Hamlet to First Player, quoting lines about Pyrrhus] he whose sable arms ... did the night resemble |
| Luc.1074 | [Lucrece as if to Collatine] My sable ground of sin I will not paint |
| Luc.117 | [] sable Night ... / Upon the world dim darkness doth display |
| Per Chorus.V.19 | [Gower alone, of Pericles' ship] His banners sable |
| Phoen.18 | [of the crow] thy sable gender mak'st / With the breath thou giv'st and tak'st |
| Sonn.12.4 | [] When I behold ... sable curls all silvered o'er with white |