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Search phrase: verse

Plays

 17 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL II.v.43I'll give you a verse to this note, that I madeIle giue you a verse to this note, / That I made
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.1Hang there, my verse, in witness of my love,Hang there my verse, in witnesse of my loue,
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.165themselves without the verse, and therefore stood lamelythemselues without the verse, and therefore stood lamely
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.166in the verse.in the verse.
As You Like ItAYL IV.i.28Nay then, God buy you, an you talk in blank verse.Nay then God buy you, and you talke in blanke verse.
HamletHam II.ii.325freely, or the blank verse shall halt for't. What playersfreely; or the blanke Verse shall halt for't: what Players
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.ii.103Let me hear a staff, a stanze, a verse. Lege,Let me heare a staffe, a stanze, a verse, Lege
Much Ado About NothingMA V.ii.34blank verse, why, they were never so truly turned overblanke verse, why they were neuer so truely turned ouer
Timon of AthensTim I.i.16It stains the glory in that happy verseIt staines the glory in that happy Verse,
Timon of AthensTim V.i.82Why, thy verse swells with stuff so fine and smoothWhy thy Verse swels with stuffe so fine and smooth,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.ii.22O, 'tis a verse in Horace, I know it well;O 'tis a verse in Horace, I know it well.
Titus AndronicusTit IV.ii.24Ay, just – a verse in Horace, right you have it.I iust, a verse in Horace: right, you haue it,
Troilus and CressidaTC III.ii.180‘ As true as Troilus ’ shall crown up the verse,As true as Troylus, shall crowne vp the Verse,
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.iv.21nothing, for we may live to have need of such a verse.nothing, for we may liue to haue neede of such a Verse:
Troilus and CressidaTC V.x.40loathed? What verse for it? What instance for it? – Letloath'd? What Verse for it? what instance for it? let
Twelfth NightTN II.iv.7Come, but one verse.Come, but one verse.
The Winter's TaleWT V.i.101Nor was not to be, equalled; thus your verseNor was not to be equall'd, thus your Verse

Poems

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SonnetsSonn.17.1 Who will believe my verse in time to come, WHo will beleeue my verse in time to come
SonnetsSonn.19.14 My love shall in my verse ever live young. My loue shall in my verse euer liue young.
SonnetsSonn.21.2 Stirred by a painted beauty to his verse, Stird by a painted beauty to his verse,
SonnetsSonn.38.2 While thou dost breathe that pour'st into my verse While thou dost breath that poor'st into my verse,
SonnetsSonn.54.14 When that shall fade, my verse distils your truth. When that shall vade, by verse distils your truth.
SonnetsSonn.60.13 And yet to times in hope, my verse shall stand And yet to times in hope, my verse shall stand
SonnetsSonn.71.9 O if (I say) you look upon this verse, O if (I say) you looke vpon this verse,
SonnetsSonn.76.1 Why is my verse so barren of new pride, WHy is my verse so barren of new pride?
SonnetsSonn.78.2 And found such fair assistance in my verse, And found such faire assistance in my verse,
SonnetsSonn.79.2 My verse alone had all thy gentle grace, My verse alone had all thy gentle grace,
SonnetsSonn.81.9 Your monument shall be my gentle verse, Your monument shall be my gentle verse,
SonnetsSonn.86.1 Was it the proud full sail of his great verse, WAs it the proud full saile of his great verse,
SonnetsSonn.86.8 Giving him aid, my verse astonished. Giuing him ayde, my verse astonished.
SonnetsSonn.103.13 And more, much more than in my verse can sit, And more, much more then in my verse can sit,
SonnetsSonn.105.7 Therefore my verse to constancy confined, Therefore my verse to constancie confin'de,

Glossary

 7 result(s).
cantonsong, ballad, verse
metreverse, poem, composition
rowstanza, verse
singdeclaim in verse
staffstanza, verse
stanzestanza, verse
stanzostanza, verse

Thesaurus

 8 result(s).
declaim in versesing
line [of verse]number
versecanton
versemetre
versestanzo
versestaff
verserow
verse, declaim insing

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

 2 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
VERSEBASICverse n, verse v

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