| MV V.i.87 | [Lorenzo to Jessica, of a man that has no music in himself] The motions of his spirit are dull as night, / And his affections dark as Erebus |
| RJ III.v.36 | [Romeo to Juliet] more dark and dark our woes |
| Sonn.97.3 | []What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen! |
| TNK V.iii.53 | [Emilia to herself, of Palamon] Those darker humours that / Stick misbecomingly on others |
| Ven.182 | [of Adonis] with a heavy, dark, disliking eye |