| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.55 | He was not sad, for he would shine on those | He was not sad, for he would shine on those |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.72 | Wherein they say you shine. Your sum of parts | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.53 | To see him shine so brisk, and smell so sweet, | To see him shine so briske, and smell so sweet, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.56 | Let it shine, then. | Let it shine then. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.57 | Thine's too thick to shine. | Thine's too thick to shine. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.3 | Late did he shine upon the English side; | Late did he shine vpon the English side: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.75 | To shine on my contemptible estate. | To shine on my contemptible estate. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.31 | Now shine it like a comet of revenge, | Now shine it like a Commet of Reuenge, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.98 | Advance our half-faced sun, striving to shine, | Aduance our halfe-fac'd Sunne, striuing to shine; |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.60 | Shall shine at full upon them. Some attend him. | Shall shine at full vpon them. Some attend him. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.50 | Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, | Where euer the bright Sunne of Heauen shall shine, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.64 | They are all fire, and every one doth shine; | They are all Fire, and euery one doth shine: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.67 | Then thou, fair sun, which on my earth dost shine, | Then thou faire Sun, which on my earth doest shine, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.89 | Ay, as some days; but then no sun must shine. | I as some daies, but then no sunne must shine. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.244 | O, 'tis the sun that maketh all things shine! | O 'tis the Sunne that maketh all things shine. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.205 | Vouchsafe, bright moon, and these thy stars, to shine – | Vouchsafe bright Moone, and these thy stars to shine, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.42 | But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine | But signes of Noblenesse, like Starres, shall shine |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.7 | As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine, | As vpon thee Macbeth, their Speeches shine, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.127 | Your spirits shine through you. Within this hour, at most, | Your Spirits shine through you. / Within this houre, at most, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.58 | Then did the sun on dunghill shine. | Then did the Sun on dung-hill shine. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.32 | Shall shine from far | shall shine from farre, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.46 | Doth the moon shine that night we play our play? | Doth the Moone shine that night wee play our play? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.49 | Yes, it doth shine that night. | Yes, it doth shine that night. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.52 | the moon may shine in at the casement. | the Moone may shine in at the casement. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.106 | Let her shine as gloriously | Let her shine as gloriously |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.432 | Abate thy hours, shine comforts from the East, | Abate thy houres, shine comforts from the East, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.124 | Thou showedst a subject's shine, I a true prince. | Thou shewdst a subiects shine, I a true Prince. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.145 | That sun that warms you here shall shine on me, | That Sun that warmes you heere, shall shine on me: |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.262 | Shine out, fair sun, till I have bought a glass, | Shine out faire Sunne, till I haue bought a glasse, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.279 | Then he disdains to shine; for by the book | Then he disdaines to shine: for by the Booke |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.286 | Not shine today? Why, what is that to me | Not shine to day? Why, what is that to me |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.10 | I wonder on't. He was wont to shine at seven. | I wonder on't, he was wont to shine at seauen. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.101 | If after two days' shine Athens contain thee, | If after two dayes shine, Athens containe thee, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.185 | Whereon Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine – | Whereon Hyperions quickning fire doth shine: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.16 | But let desert in pure election shine, | But let Desert in pure Election shine; |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.19 | I will be bright and shine in pearl and gold | I will be bright and shine in Pearle and Gold, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.229 | Doth shine upon the dead man's earthy cheeks, | Doth shine vpon the dead mans earthly cheekes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.231 | So pale did shine the moon on Pyramus | So pale did shine the Moone on Piramus, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.3 | By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly | By your patience, no: my starres shine darkely |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.34 | Then lead the way, good father, and heavens so shine | Then lead the way good father, & heauens so shine, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.36 | these follies, that these follies are within you, and shine | these follies, that these follies are within you, and shine |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.156 | Wilt thou reach stars, because they shine on thee? | Wilt thou reach stars, because they shine on thee? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.290 | As her bright eyes shine on ye! Would I were | As her bright eies shine on ye. would I were |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.20.1 | The only star to shine. | The onely star to shine. |