PRECIOUS STONES MENTIONED IN THE POEMS OF SHAKESPEARE.
DIAMOND
The diamond why 'twas beautiful and hard.
"Lover's Complaint," l. 211.
SAPPHIRE
The heaven-hued sapphire and the opal blend
With objects manifold.
Idem, l. 215.
PEARLS
Her tears began to turn their tide,
Being prison'd in her eye like pearls in glass.
"Venus and Adonis," l. 980. G, verso, 1. l, 2.
PEARLS
And wiped the brinish pearl from her bright eyes.
"Lucrece," l. 1213. I 2, l. 2.
PEARLS
Those round clear pearls of his, that move thy pity, Are balls of quenchless fire to burn thy city.
Idem, l. 1553. L 2, verso, l. 6, 7.
PEARLS
Of paled pearls and rubies red as blood.
"Lover's Complaint," l. 198. 93
