Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850): A Morning Exercise.

Full many a gem of purest ray serene

The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear;

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,

And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Thomas Gray (1716-1771): Elegy in a Country Churchyard. Stanza 14.

Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free,

First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea.

Thomas Moore (1779-1852): Remember Thee.

Earth proudly wears the Parthenon

As the best gem upon her zone.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882): The Problem.