(rock-crystal).

1598. 1597. _I Henry IV_ 1
(agate).

1623. 1599. _As You Like It_ 1
(pearl).

1623. 1601. _Julius Caesar_ 1
(ruby).

1623. 1604. _Measure for 1
Measure_ (ruby).

1623. 1607. _Timon of Athens_ 1
(diamond).

1623. 1608. _Coriolanus_ 1
(carbuncle).

[Footnote 31: Data of first publication contributed by Miss Henrietta
C. Bartlett.]

PRECIOUS STONES MENTIONED IN THE POEMS OF SHAKESPEARE

PRECIOUS MENTIONED IN 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, l. 1, 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.

PEARLS

Ah! but those tears are pearls which thy love sheds.
Sonnet XXXIV, l. 13.
C 4, l. 13.

PEARLS

Bright orient pearl, alack, too timely shaded!
"Passionate Pilgrim", l. 133.
B 4, l. 3.

OPAL

The heaven-hued sapphire and the opal ble