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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW I.iii.71Was this King Priam's joy?was this King Priams ioy,
All's Well That Ends WellAW II.iv.44To make the coming hour o'erflow with joyTo make the comming houre oreflow with ioy,
All's Well That Ends WellAW III.ii.48I have felt so many quirks of joy and griefI haue felt so many quirkes of ioy and greefe,
Antony and CleopatraAC I.v.58In Egypt with his joy; but between both.In Egypt with his ioy, but betweene both.
Antony and CleopatraAC IV.vi.20.1That I will joy no more.That I will ioy no more.
Antony and CleopatraAC V.ii.259I wish you all joy of the worm.I wish you all ioy of the Worme.
Antony and CleopatraAC V.ii.278Yes, forsooth. I wish you joy o'th' worm.Yes forsooth: I wish you ioy o'th'worm.
As You Like ItAYL III.iii.43Well, the gods give us joy.Wel, the Gods giue vs ioy.
As You Like ItAYL IV.i.81I take some joy to say you are, because I wouldI take some ioy to say you are, because I would
As You Like ItAYL V.iv.176With measure heaped in joy, to th' measures fall.With measure heap'd in ioy, to'th Measures fall.
The Comedy of ErrorsCE I.i.40With her I lived in joy, our wealth increasedWith her I liu'd in ioy, our wealth increast
CoriolanusCor I.iii.15I sprang not more in joy at first hearing he was a man-childI sprang not more in ioy at first hearing he was a Man-child,
CoriolanusCor II.ii.151Wish we all joy and honour.Wish we all Ioy, and Honor.
CoriolanusCor II.ii.152To Coriolanus come all joy and honour!To Coriolanus come all ioy and Honor.
CoriolanusCor II.iii.110The gods give you joy, sir, heartily!The Gods giue you ioy Sir heartily.
CoriolanusCor II.iii.134gods give him joy and make him good friend to theGods giue him ioy, and make him good friend to the
CoriolanusCor V.iii.99Make our eyes flow with joy, hearts dance with comforts,Make our eies flow with ioy, harts dance with comforts,
CoriolanusCor V.iv.56I'd not have given a doit. Hark, how they joy!I'de not haue giuen a doit. Harke, how they ioy.
CoriolanusCor V.iv.62We'll meet them, and help the joy.Wee'l meet them, and helpe the ioy.
CymbelineCym III.i.30As easily 'gainst our rocks. For joy whereofAs easily 'gainst our Rockes. For ioy whereof,
CymbelineCym III.iv.178With joy he will embrace you: for he's honourable,With ioy he will imbrace you: for hee's Honourable,
CymbelineCym III.v.9Madam, all joy befall your grace, and you!Madam, all ioy befall your Grace, and you.
CymbelineCym IV.ii.273Thou hast finished joy and moan.Thou hast finish'd Ioy and mone.
CymbelineCym V.v.235.1To death with mortal joy.To death, with mortall ioy.
CymbelineCym V.v.397Each object with a joy: the counterchangeEach obiect with a Ioy: the Counter-change
HamletHam I.ii.10Have we, as 'twere with a defeated joy,Haue we, as 'twere, with a defeated ioy,
HamletHam II.ii.72Whereon old Norway, overcome with joy,Whereon old Norwey, ouercome with ioy,
HamletHam III.i.18And there did seem in him a kind of joyAnd there did seeme in him a kinde of ioy
HamletHam III.ii.206The violence of either grief or joyThe violence of other Greefe or Ioy,
HamletHam III.ii.208Where joy most revels, grief doth most lament.Where Ioy most Reuels, Greefe doth most lament;
HamletHam III.ii.209Grief joys, joy grieves, on slender accident.Greefe ioyes, Ioy greeues on slender accident.
HamletHam III.ii.230Each opposite that blanks the face of joyEach opposite that blankes the face of ioy,
HamletHam IV.v.187(sings) For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy.For bonny sweet Robin is all my ioy.
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.v.15If he be sick with joy, he'll recoverIf hee be sicke with Ioy, / Hee'le recouer
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.v.170But if it did infect my blood with joyBut if it did infect my blood with Ioy,
Henry VH5 II.ii.163Than I do at this hour joy o'er myself,Then I do at this houre ioy ore my selfe,
Henry VH5 V.ii.3Health and fair time of day. Joy and good wishesHealth and faire time of day: Ioy and good wishes
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.iv.23Talbot, my life, my joy, again returned?Talbot, my life, my ioy, againe return'd?
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.vi.14To celebrate the joy that God hath given us.To celebrate the ioy that God hath giuen vs.
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.vi.15All France will be replete with mirth and joyAll France will be repleat with mirth and ioy,
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.iii.39Alas, what joy shall noble Talbot haveAlas, what ioy shall noble Talbot haue,
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.i.18The treasury of everlasting joy.The Treasurie of euerlasting Ioy.
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.iv.88For none abides with me; my joy is death – For none abides with me: my Ioy, is Death;
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.54For in the shade of death I shall find joy,For in the shade of death, I shall finde ioy;
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.79Why, then, Dame Margaret was ne'er thy joy.Why then Dame Elianor was neere thy ioy.
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.365I can no more. Live thou to joy thy life;I can no more: Liue thou to ioy thy life;
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.366Myself no joy in naught but that thou livest.My selfe no ioy in nought, but that thou liu'st.
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.ii.31And all that poets feign of bliss and joy.And all that Poets faine of Blisse and Ioy.
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.i.9I cannot joy, until I be resolvedI cannot ioy, vntill I be resolu'd
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.i.77For never henceforth shall I joy again;For neuer henceforth shall I ioy againe:
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.i.78Never, O never, shall I see more joy!Neuer, oh neuer shall I see more ioy.
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.i.195And he that throws not up his cap for joyAnd he that throwes not vp his cap for ioy,
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.ii.165Then, since this earth affords no joy to meThen since this Earth affoords no Ioy to me,
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.iii.201And joy that thou becomest King Henry's friend.And ioy that thou becom'st King Henries Friend.
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.iii.242I'll join mine eldest daughter and my joyIle ioyne mine eldest daughter, and my Ioy,
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.vi.63My joy of liberty is half eclipsed.My ioy of libertie is halfe eclips'd.
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.v.8To meet with joy in sweet Jerusalem.To meet with Ioy in sweet Ierusalem.
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.vii.46For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy.For heere I hope begins our lasting ioy.
Henry VIIIH8 II.ii.116Give me your hand: much joy and favour to you.Giue me your hand: much ioy & fauour to you;
Henry VIIIH8 III.i.135One that ne'er dreamed a joy beyond his pleasure,One that ne're dream'd a Ioy, beyond his pleasure;
Henry VIIIH8 III.ii.44.2Now all my joyNow all my ioy
Henry VIIIH8 IV.i.7.1This, general joy.This generall ioy.
Henry VIIIH8 IV.i.59.1With the mere rankness of their joy.With the meere ranknesse of their ioy.
Henry VIIIH8 IV.i.75Been loose, this day they had been lost. Such joyBin loose, this day they had beene lost. Such ioy
Henry VIIIH8 V.v.6All comfort, joy, in this most gracious lady,All comfort, ioy in this most gracious Lady,
Julius CaesarJC III.ii.27There is tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honourThere is Teares, for his Loue: Ioy, for his Fortune: Honor,
Julius CaesarJC V.iii.32.2And hark! They shout for joy.And hearke, they shout for ioy.
Julius CaesarJC V.v.34My heart doth joy that yet in all my lifeMy heart doth ioy, that yet in all my life,
King Edward IIIE3 I.ii.122When he shall hear it, will triumph for joy.When he shall heare it will triumph for ioy.
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.216To give him all the joy within thy power.To giue him all the Ioy within thy power,
King Edward IIIE3 III.i.53And now my hope is full, my joy complete:And now my hope is full, my ioy complete,
King Edward IIIE3 III.iv.105This day thou hast confounded me with joy,This day thou hast confounded me with ioy,
King Edward IIIE3 V.i.190Be this a token to express my joy,Be this a token to expresse my ioy,
King JohnKJ III.iv.104My life, my joy, my food, my all the world!My life, my ioy, my food, my all the world:
King JohnKJ III.iv.107There's nothing in this world can make me joy.There's nothing in this world can make me ioy,
King JohnKJ III.iv.117All days of glory, joy, and happiness.All daies of glory, ioy, and happinesse.
King LearKL I.i.82Than that conferred on Gonerill. – Now, our joy,Then that conferr'd on Gonerill. Now our Ioy,
King LearKL I.iv.171Then they for sudden joy did weep,then they / For sodaine ioy did weepe,
King LearKL V.iii.196'Twixt two extremes of passion, joy and grief,Twixt two extremes of passion, ioy and greefe,
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.104Why should I joy in an abortive birth?Why should I ioy in any abortiue birth?
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.291And leap for joy though they are lame with blows.And leape for ioy, though they are lame with blowes:
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.448God give thee joy of him. The noble lordGod giue thee ioy of him: the Noble Lord
MacbethMac III.ii.7Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.Then by destruction dwell in doubtfull ioy.
MacbethMac III.iv.88I drink to the general joy o'the whole table,I drinke to th' generall ioy o'th' whole Table,
Measure for MeasureMM II.iii.36.1And take the shame with joy.And take the shame with ioy.
Measure for MeasureMM V.i.523Joy to you, Mariana. Love her, Angelo.Ioy to you Mariana, loue her Angelo:
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.107And here choose I. Joy be the consequence!And here choose I, ioy be the consequence.
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.112In measure rain thy joy, scant this excess,In measure raine thy ioy, scant this excesse,
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.182Turns to a wild of nothing, save of joyTurnes to a wilde of nothing, saue of ioy
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.188To cry good joy, good joy, my lord and lady!To cry good ioy, good ioy my Lord and Lady.
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.190I wish you all the joy that you can wish,I wish you all the ioy that you can wish:
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.v.228Well, what remedy? Fenton, heaven give thee joy!Well, what remedy? Fenton, heauen giue thee
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.27Crowns him with flowers, and makes him all her joy.Crownes him with flowers, and makes him all her ioy.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.73To give their bed joy and prosperity.To giue their bed ioy and prosperitie.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.4And kiss thy fair large ears, my gentle joy.And kisse thy faire large eares, my gentle ioy.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.19That if it would but apprehend some joy,That if it would but apprehend some ioy,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.20It comprehends some bringer of that joy.It comprehends some bringer of that ioy.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.28Here come the lovers, full of joy and mirth.Heere come the louers, full of ioy and mirth:
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.29Joy, gentle friends, joy and fresh days of loveIoy, gentle friends, ioy and fresh dayes / Of loue
Much Ado About NothingMA I.i.20there appears much joy in him; even so much that joythere appeares much ioy in him, euen so much, that ioy
Much Ado About NothingMA I.i.27it to weep at joy than to joy at weeping!it to weepe at ioy, then to ioy at weeping?
Much Ado About NothingMA II.i.177I wish him joy of her.I wish him ioy of her.
Much Ado About NothingMA II.i.277thee joy!thee ioy.
Much Ado About NothingMA II.i.282Silence is the perfectest herald of joy; I wereSilence is the perfectest Herault of ioy, I were
Much Ado About NothingMA II.i.311Cousins, God give you joy!cosins God giue you ioy.
Much Ado About NothingMA III.iv.22God give me joy to wear it, for my heart is exceedinglyGod giue mee ioy to weare it, for my heart is exceeding
Much Ado About NothingMA V.i.9Whose joy of her is overwhelmed like mine,Whose ioy of her is ouer-whelmed like mine,
OthelloOth I.i.72Plague him with flies: though that his joy be joy,Plague him with Flies: though that his Ioy be Ioy,
OthelloOth I.iii.355in compassing thy joy than to be drowned and goin Compassing thy ioy, then to be drown'd, and go
OthelloOth II.i.178To see you here before me. O, my soul's joy!To see you heere before me. / Oh my Soules Ioy:
OthelloOth II.i.191It stops me here; it is too much of joy.It stoppes me heere: it is too much of ioy.
OthelloOth II.iii.283their brains! That we should with joy, pleasance, reveltheir Braines? that we should with ioy, pleasance, reuell
PericlesPer I.i.119This mercy shows we'll joy in such a son.This mercy shewes, wee'le ioy in such a Sonne:
PericlesPer I.ii.9Yet neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits,Yet neither pleasures Art can ioy my spirits,
PericlesPer I.ii.34Joy and all comfort in your sacred breast!Ioy and all comfort in your sacred brest.
PericlesPer II.i.160Shall make the gazer joy to see him tread.Shall make the gazer ioy to see him tread;
PericlesPer II.v.89And for further grief – God give you joy!and for further griefe: God giue you ioy;
PericlesPer III.iv.11And never more have joy.and neuer more haue ioy.
PericlesPer epilogue.V.iii.6Led on by heaven, and crowned with joy at last.Lead on by heauen, and crown'd with ioy at last.
PericlesPer epilogue.V.iii.18New joy wait on you! Here our play has ending.New ioy wayte on you, heere our play has ending.
Richard IIR2 I.iii.259Joy absent, grief is present for that time.Ioy absent, greefe is present for that time.
Richard IIR2 I.iii.261To men in joy; but grief makes one hour ten.To men in ioy, but greefe makes one houre ten.
Richard IIR2 II.iii.15And hope to joy is little less in joyAnd hope to ioy, is little lesse in ioy,
Richard IIR2 II.iii.150And let him never see joy that breaks that oath.And let him neu'r see Ioy, that breakes that Oath.
Richard IIR2 III.ii.4Needs must I like it well. I weep for joyNeeds must I like it well: I weepe for ioy
Richard IIR2 III.iv.11.1Of sorrow or of joy?Of Sorrow, or of Griefe?
Richard IIR2 III.iv.13For of joy, being altogether wanting,For if of Ioy, being altogether wanting,
Richard IIR2 III.iv.16It adds more sorrow to my want of joy;It addes more Sorrow to my want of Ioy:
Richard IIR2 III.iv.81Pardon me, madam. Little joy have IPardon me Madam. Little ioy haue I
Richard IIR2 V.iii.94Till thou give joy, until thou bid me joyTill thou giue ioy: vntill thou bid me ioy,
Richard IIR2 V.v.59Runs posting on in Bolingbroke's proud joy,Runs poasting on, in Bullingbrookes proud ioy,
Richard IIR2 V.vi.26More than thou hast, and with it joy thy life.More then thou hast, and with it ioy thy life:
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.109Small joy have I in being England's Queen.Small ioy haue I in being Englands Queene.
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.150As little joy, my lord, as you supposeAs little ioy (my Lord) as you suppose
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.152As little joy may you suppose in meAs little ioy you may suppose in me,
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.154As little joy enjoys the Queen thereof;A little ioy enioyes the Queene thereof,
Richard IIIR3 II.iv.59For me to joy and weep their gain and loss;For me to ioy, and weepe, their gaine and losse.
Richard IIIR3 III.i.184And bid my lord, for joy of this good news,And bid my Lord, for ioy of this good newes,
Richard IIIR3 IV.i.96And each hour's joy wracked with a week of teen.And each howres ioy wrackt with a weeke of teene.
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.93Where are thy two sons? Wherein dost thou joy?Where be thy two Sonnes? Wherein dost thou Ioy?
Richard IIIR3 V.iii.156Sleep, Richmond, sleep in peace and wake in joy.Sleepe Richmond, / Sleepe in Peace, and wake in Ioy,
Romeo and JulietRJ II.ii.116Well, do not swear. Although I joy in thee,Well do not sweare, although I ioy in thee:
Romeo and JulietRJ II.ii.117I have no joy of this contract tonight.I haue no ioy of this contract to night,
Romeo and JulietRJ II.iv.186Which to the high topgallant of my joyWhich to the high top gallant of my ioy,
Romeo and JulietRJ II.vi.4It cannot countervail the exchange of joyIt cannot counteruaile the exchange of ioy
Romeo and JulietRJ II.vi.24Ah, Juliet, if the measure of thy joyAh Iuliet, if the measure of thy ioy
Romeo and JulietRJ III.ii.104Which you, mistaking, offer up to joy.Which you mistaking offer vp to ioy:
Romeo and JulietRJ III.iii.95Now I have stained the childhood of our joyNow I haue stain'd the Childhood of our ioy,
Romeo and JulietRJ III.iii.153With twenty hundred thousand times more joyWith twenty hundred thousand times more ioy
Romeo and JulietRJ III.iii.173But that a joy past joy calls out on me,But that a ioy past ioy, calls out on me,
Romeo and JulietRJ III.v.105And joy comes well in such a needy time.And ioy comes well, in such a needy time,
Romeo and JulietRJ III.v.109Hath sorted out a sudden day of joyHath sorted out a sudden day of ioy,
Romeo and JulietRJ III.v.212What sayest thou? Hast thou not a word of joy?What saist thou? hast thou not a word of ioy?
Romeo and JulietRJ V.i.11When but love's shadows are so rich in joy!When but loues shadowes are so rich in ioy.
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.2.76O, how we joy to see your wit restored!Oh how we ioy to see your wit restor'd,
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.312God send you joy! Petruchio, 'tis a match.God send you ioy, Petruchio, 'tis a match.
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.ii.52God give him joy!God giue him ioy.
The TempestTem II.i.2So have we all – of joy; for our escape(So haue we all) of ioy; for our escape
The TempestTem V.i.207Beyond a common joy, and set it downBeyond a common ioy, and set it downe
The TempestTem V.i.215.1That doth not wish you joy.That doth not wish you ioy.
Timon of AthensTim I.ii.107Joy had the like conception in our eyes,Ioy had the like conception in our eies,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.79Tears of true joy for his return to Rome.Teares of true ioy for his returne to Rome,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.164(Kneeling) And at thy feet I kneel with tears of joyAnd at thy feete I kneele, with teares of ioy
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.385Let not young Mutius then, that was thy joy,Let not young Mutius then that was thy ioy,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.403God give you joy, sir, of your gallant bride.God giue you ioy sir of your Gallant Bride.
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.83And let her joy her raven-coloured love.And let her ioy her Rauen coloured loue,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.ii.50Belike for joy the Emperor hath a son.Belike for ioy the Emperour hath a sonne.
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iii.76Why, there it goes. God give his lordship joy.Why there it goes, God giue your Lordship ioy.
Troilus and CressidaTC III.ii.21Swooning destruction, or some joy too fine,Sounding distruction, or some ioy too fine,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.ii.63When inward joy enforced my heart to smile.When inward ioy enforc'd my heart to smile?
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.iv.125I know you joy not in a love discourse.I know you ioy not in a Loue-discourse.
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.iv.137Nor to his service no such joy on earth.Nor to his Seruice, no such ioy on earth:
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG III.i.175What joy is joy, if Silvia be not by?What ioy is ioy, if Siluia be not by?
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.189Did I not by th' abstaining of my joy,Did I not by th'abstayning of my joy
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.v.12Joy seize on you again; peace sleep with him.Ioy ceaze on you againe: peace sleepe with him.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK IV.ii.63Made mothers joy – must be the sacrificeMade mothers joy, must be the sacrifice
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.iii.131With joy that you have won. – For the subdued,With joy that you have won: For the subdude,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.iv.91And with her all the world's joy; reach thy hand.And with her, all the worlds joy: Reach thy hand,
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.111But not for joy, not joy. This entertainmentBut not for ioy; not ioy. This Entertainment
The Winter's TaleWT III.ii.95But know not how it went. My second joy,But know not how it went. My second Ioy,
The Winter's TaleWT IV.i.1I that please some, try all; both joy and terrorI that please some, try all: both ioy and terror
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.405The father, all whose joy is nothing elseThe Father (all whose ioy is nothing else
The Winter's TaleWT V.i.80As, walked your first queen's ghost, it should take joyAs (walk'd your first Queenes Ghost) it should take ioy
The Winter's TaleWT V.ii.18th' importance were joy or sorrow: but in the extremityth' importance were Ioy, or Sorrow; but in the extremitie
The Winter's TaleWT V.ii.43have beheld one joy crown another, so and in suchhaue beheld one Ioy crowne another, so and in such
The Winter's TaleWT V.ii.45them: for their joy waded in tears. There was casting upthem: for their Ioy waded in teares. There was casting vp
The Winter's TaleWT V.ii.49for joy of his found daughter, as if that joy were nowfor ioy of his found Daughter; as if that Ioy were now
The Winter's TaleWT V.ii.71combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought inCombat, that 'twixt Ioy and Sorrow was fought in
The Winter's TaleWT V.iii.51So many summers dry. Scarce any joySo many Summers dry: scarce any Ioy

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.111 Her joy with heaved-up hand she doth express, Her ioie with heaued-vp hand she doth expresse,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.212 A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy. A dreame, a breath, a froth of fleeting ioy,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.385 Must sell her joy, her life, her world's delight. Must sell her ioy, her life, her worlds delight.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.690 This momentary joy breeds months of pain; This momentarie ioy breeds months of paine,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.889 Thy honey turns to gall, thy joy to grief. Thy honie turnes to gall, thy ioy to greefe.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1107 The little birds that tune their morning's joy The little birds that tune their mornings ioy,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1431 Stood many Trojan mothers sharing joy Stood manie Troian mothers sharing ioy,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1434 That through their light joy seemed to appear, That through their light ioy seemed to appeare,
SonnetsSonn.8.2 Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy: Sweets with sweets warre not, ioy delights in ioy:
SonnetsSonn.25.4 Unlooked-for joy in that I honour most. Vnlookt for ioy in that I honour most;
SonnetsSonn.42.13 But here's the joy: my friend and I are one; But here's the ioy, my friend and I are one,
SonnetsSonn.45.13 This told, I joy, but then no longer glad, This told, I ioy, but then no longer glad,
SonnetsSonn.50.14 My grief lies onward and my joy behind. My greefe lies onward and my ioy behind.
SonnetsSonn.91.6 Wherein it finds a joy above the rest; Wherein it findes a ioy aboue the rest,
SonnetsSonn.129.12 Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream. Before a ioy proposd behind a dreame,
Venus and AdonisVen.405 To take advantage on presented joy; To take aduantage on presented ioy,
Venus and AdonisVen.498 But now I died, and death was lively joy. But now I dy'de, and death was liuely ioy.
Venus and AdonisVen.600 To clip Elysium and to lack her joy. To clip Elizium, and to lacke her ioy.
Venus and AdonisVen.977 For now reviving joy bids her rejoice, For now reuiuing ioy bids her reioyce,

Glossary

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caperdance with joy, leap with delight
carolsong of joy
cheercheerfulness, mirth, joy
comforthappiness, joy, cheerfulness
felicityhappiness, bliss, joy
gladgladness, joy, delight
heighnonsense word used in song, expressing joy, delight
hey, hey-hononsense word used in song, expressing joy, delight
joyadd joy to, enjoy, gladden, brighten
joyfeel joy, be happy, rejoice
joyderive enjoyment from, delight in
joy[unclear meaning] delight, bliss [for Mary, as the mother of Jesus]; or: darling, pet
ravishentrance, enrapture, carry away with joy
triumphhigh point, joy of the moment

Thesaurus

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add joy tojoy
dance with joycaper
feel joyjoy
joycheer
joycomfort
joyfelicity
joyglad
joy of the momenttriumph
joy, addjoy
joy, carry away withravish
joy, dance withcaper
joy, feeljoy
joy, song of carol
song of joycarol

Themes and Topics

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Archaisms... entrance enrapture carry away with joy per chorus iii 35 [gower alone of th...
Exclamations
Functional shift... and two better never yet / made mothers joy   lethargy* kl i iv 225 ...
Ships...rse ‘which to the high topgallant of my joy / must be my convoy in the secret night’...
Classical mythology...annoy / to clip elizium and to lack her joy king of sipylos in lydia punished in...
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)...ce of king henry iv] if he be sick with joy he' ll recover without physic mm iv...
Abbreviations... go er sir h hay i hit j joy iy mine k key oo do l la...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ENJOYBASICsee JOY
JOVIALBASICsee JOY
JOYBASICjovial adj, joy n, joy v, joyful adj, joyfully adv, joyous adj
JOYHAPPYenjoy v, enjoying n
JOYINTENSITYoverjoy n, o'erjoyed adj, overjoyed adj
JOYPEOPLEenjoyer n
JOYNOTjoyless adj
OVERJOYBASICsee JOY

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