A Chaplet of Pearls
A Chaplet of Pearls
There is a magic charm in the Pearl that seems to have fascinated the world in various ages and countries. The modest splendour and purity…
A Chaplet of Pearls: Pliny
Caligula wore slippers made of pearls; and Nero formed of them sceptres for the characters on the stage, and couches for his amours. The…
A Chaplet of Pearls: Nisan
Benjamin of Tudela says:- "In these places" (about Kathipha, in the Indian Sea) "the stone called bdellius is found made by the wonderful…
A Chaplet of Pearls: Shakspeare
Shakspeare ("Richard III."):- "The liquid drops of tears that you have shed Shall come again, transform'd to orient pearl, Advantaging…
A Chaplet of Pearls: Milton
Milton, in "Paradise Lost," has several allusions to the "orient pearl":- "Now morn her rosy steps in the Eastern clime Advancing, sowed…
A Chaplet of Pearls: Herrick
Herrick sings:- "Some ask'd how pearls did growe, and where, Then spake I to my girle, To part her lips, and show me there The quarelets of…