| Ham II.ii.259 | [Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern] A dream itself is but a shadow |
| Luc.460 | [of Lucrece's hallucinations] Such shadows are the weak brain's forgeries |
| RJ V.i.11 | [Romeo alone] how sweet is love itself possessed, / When but love's shadows are so rich in joy! |
| Sonn.43.5 | [] thou whose shadow shadows doth make bright [first instance] |
| Sonn.43.6 | [] How would thy shadow's form form happy show |
| Sonn.61.4 | [] shadows like to thee do mock my sight |
| Sonn.67.8 | [] Why should poor beauty indirectly seek / Roses of shadow |
| TG III.i.177 | [Valentine alone, of thinking of Silvia] [I] feed upon the shadow of perfection |
| TG IV.ii.124 | [disguised Julia as if to Proteus, of his referring to Silvia's picture as a shadow] If 'twere a substance, you would sure deceive it / And make it but a shadow, as I am [debated meaning] |
| TG IV.iv.194 | [disguised Julia alone, of Silvia's portrait] Come, shadow, come, and take this shadow up [first instance] |