: Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works with Comments as to the Origin of His Material the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones and References as to Where the Precious Stones of

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SHAKESPEARE AND PRECIOUS STONES

PRECIOUS STONES MENTIONED IN THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE

PRECIOUS STONES MENTIONED IN THE POEMS OF SHAKESPEARE

DIAMOND CUTTER'S SHOP, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

FROM A PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH

PRINTER'S MARK OF RICHARD FIELD

SHAKESPEARE AND PRECIOUS STONES

So wide is the range of the immortal verse of Shakespeare, and so many and various are the subjects he touched upon and adorned with the magic beauty of his poetic imagery, that it will be of great interest to refer to the allusions to gems and precious stones in his plays and poems. These allusions are all given in the latter part of this volume. What can we learn from them of Shakespeare's knowledge of the source, quality, and use of these precious stones?

The liquid drops of tears that you have shed Shall come again, transform'd to orient pearl.

Moreover, we have a simile which might almost make us suppose that Shakespeare knew something of the details of the pearl fisheries, when the oysters are piled up on shore and allowed to decompose, so as to render it easier to get at the pearls, for he makes one of his characters say, speaking of an honest man in a poor dwelling, that he was like a "pearl in your foul oyster".

And later still we have the lines:

The pearl as a simile for great and transcendent value, perhaps suggested by the Pearl of Great Price of the Gospel, is used of Helen of Greece in the lines :

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