| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.90 | Who had not now been drooping here if seconds | Who had not now beene drooping heere, if Seconds |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.284.1 | His silence will sit drooping. | His silence will sit drooping. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.3 | I, from the orient to the drooping west, | I, from the Orient, to the drooping West |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.5 | Should bring thy father to his drooping chair. | Should bring thy Father to his drooping Chaire. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.ii.1 | These news, my lords, may cheer our drooping spirits: | These newes (my Lords) may cheere our drooping spirits: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.6 | Cheered up the drooping army; and himself, | Chear'd vp the drouping Army, and himselfe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.21 | Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts | Those gracious words / Reuiue my drooping thoughts, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.357 | With drooping fog as black as Acheron, | With drooping fogge as blacke as Acheron, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.292 | Imp out our drooping country's broken wing, | Impe out our drooping Countries broken wing, |