| AYL I.ii.121 | [Le Beau to Rosalind and Celia, of the defeated sons and their father] the poor old man making such pitiful dole over them |
| Ham I.ii.13 | [Claudius to his court, of himself] In equal scale weighing delight and dole |
| MND V.i.270 | [Bottom as Pyramus] What dreadful dole is here? |
| Per Chorus.III.42 | [Gower alone, of Pericles and company] Omit we all their dole and woe |
| TNK I.v.3 | [Song] Our dole more deadly looks than dying [i.e. our grief seems more death-like than death itself] [also: sense 2] |