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.
JOURNALISM.
He comes, the herald of a noisy world,
With spattered boots, strapped waist, and frozen locks;
News from all nations lumbering at his back.
The Task, Bk. IV. W. COWPER.
Trade hardly deems the busy day begun
Till his keen eye along the sheet has run;
The blooming daughter throws her needle by,
And reads her schoolmate's marriage with a sigh;
While the grave mother puts her glasses on,
And gives a tear to some old crony gone.
The preacher, too, his Sunday theme lays down,
To know what last new folly fills the town;
Lively or sad, life's meanest, mightiest things,
The fate of fighting cocks, or fighting kings.
Curiosity. C. SPRAGUE.
For evil news rides fast, while good news baits.
Samson Agonistes. MILTON.