Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.5 | Then my dial goes not true: I took this lark for a | Then my Diall goes not true, I tooke this Larke for a |
Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.19 | Hark, hark, the lark at heaven's gate sings, | Hearke, hearke, the Larke at Heauens gate sings, |
Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.66 | The night to th' owl and morn to th' lark less welcome. | The Night to'th'Owle, / And Morne to th'Larke lesse welcome. |
Henry V | H5 III.vii.31 | rising of the lark to the lodging of the lamb, vary | rising of the Larke to the lodging of the Lambe, varie |
Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.94 | O'ermount the lark. The Marchioness of Pembroke! | O're-mount the Larke: The Marchionesse of Pembrooke? |
King Lear | KL IV.vi.58 | Look up a-height. The shrill-gorged lark so far | Looke vp a height, the shrill-gorg'd Larke so farre |
The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.102 | The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark | The Crow doth sing as sweetly as the Larke |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.184 | More tuneable than lark to shepherd's ear | More tuneable then Larke to shepheards eare, |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.123 | The finch, the sparrow, and the lark, | The Finch, the Sparrow, and the Larke, |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.93 | I do hear the morning lark. | I doe heare the morning Larke. |
Richard III | R3 V.iii.56 | Stir with the lark tomorrow, gentle Norfolk. | Stir with the Larke to morrow, gentle Norfolk. |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.2 | It was the nightingale, and not the lark, | It was the Nightingale, and not the Larke, |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.6 | It was the lark, the herald of the morn; | It was the Larke the Herauld of the Morne: |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.21 | Nor that is not the lark whose notes do beat | Nor that is not Larke whose noates do beate |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.27 | It is the lark that sings so out of tune, | It is the Larke that sings so out of tune, |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.29 | Some say the lark makes sweet division. | Some say the Larke makes sweete Diuision; |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.31 | Some say the lark and loathed toad change eyes. | Some say, the Larke and loathed Toad change eyes, |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.43 | Above the morning lark. Or wilt thou hunt? | Aboue the morning Larke. Or wilt thou hunt, |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.171 | What, is the jay more precious than the lark | What is the Iay more precious then the Larke? |
Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.149 | 'Tis true, the raven doth not hatch a lark. | 'Tis true, / The Rauen doth not hatch a Larke, |
Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.158 | Did ever raven sing so like a lark | Did euer Rauen sing so like a Larke, |
Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.9 | Waked by the lark, hath roused the ribald crows, | Wak't by the Larke, hath rouz'd the ribauld Crowes, |
The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.9 | The lark, that tirra-lyra chants, | The Larke, that tirra Lyra chaunts, |