Shakespeare and Precious Stones
ROCK-CRYSTAL
Who glazed with crystal gate the glowing roses.
" Lover's Complaint," l. 286.
AMBER With coral clasps and amber studs.
"Passionate Pilgrim," l. 366. D 4, verso, l. 2.
AMBER
Favours from a maund she drew Of amber, crystal, and of beaded jet.
"Lover's Complaint," l. 37.
JET
as above.
CORAL
That sweet coral mouth Whose precious taste her thirsty lips well knew.
"Venus and Adonis," l. 542. D iv, l. 20, 21.
CORAL
Her alabaster skin, Her coral lips, her snow white dimpled chin.
"Lucrece," l. 420. D 3, l. 7.
CORAL
Like ivory conduits coral cisterns filling.
Idem, l. 1234. I 2, verso, l. 2. 96
