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“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 blend
With objects manifold.
“Lover’s
Complaint”, l. 215.
RUBY
Once more the ruby-colour’d
portal open’d.
“Venus and Adonis”,
l. 451.
D ii, verso,
l. 1.
RUBY
Of paled pearls and rubies red
as blood.
“Lover’s
Complaint”, l. 198.
EMERALD
The deep-green emerald, in whose
fresh regard
Weak sights their sickly radiance do amend.
Idem,
l. 213.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
But hers through which the crystal
tears gave light,
Shone like the moon in water seen by night.
“Venus and Adonis”,
l. 491.
D iii, l.
16, 17.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
Nor thy soft hands, sweet lips,
and crystal eyne.
“Venus and Adonis”,
l. 633.
E ii,
l. 15.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
The crystal tide that from her
two cheeks fair
In the sweet channel of her bosom dropt.
Idem,
l. 957.
G, l.
3, 4.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
Her eyes seen in the tears, tears
in her eye;
Both crystals, where they view’d each
other’s sorrow.
Idem,
l. 962, 963.
G, l.
8, 9.
ROCK-CRYSTALS
Through crystal walls each little
mote will peep.
“Lucrece”,
l. 1251.
I 2, verso,
l. 19.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
A closet never pierced with crystal
eyes.
Sonnet XLVI,
l. 6.
D 2, verso,
l. 6.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
