JEWEL.
These gems have life in them: their colors speak,
Say what words fail of.
The Spanish Gypsy. GEORGE ELIOT.
If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
Apology for his Book. J. BUNYAN.
Some asked how pearls did grow, and where,
Then spoke I to my girle,
To part her lips, and showed them there
The quarelets of pearl.
The Rock of Rubies and the Quarrie of Pearl. R. HERRICK.
The lively Diamond drinks thy purest rays,
Collected light, compact.
The Seasons: Summer. J. THOMSON.
Like stones of worth, they thinly placèd are,
Or captain jewels in the carcanet.
Sonnet III. SHAKESPEARE.
Than all Bocara's vaunted gold,
Than all the gems of Samarcand.
A Persian Song of Hafiz. SIR W. JONES.
Rich and rare were the gems she wore,
And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.
Song: Rich and Rare. T. MOORE.
I see the jewel best enamelled
Will lose his beauty; and the gold 'bides still,
That others touch, and often touching will
Wear gold.
Comedy of Errors, Act ii. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.