208 NA TURAL BIS TOR Y OF SHAKESPEARE. 
Titania. ..... 
And light them at the fiery glow-worm’s eyes, 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act iii. Scene i. 
Ghost. The glow-worm shows the matin to be near, 
And ’gins to pale his uneffectual fire : 
Hamlet, Act i. Scene 5. 
Pericles . , . . like a glow-worm in the night, 
The which hath fire in darkness, none in light; 
Pericles, Act ii. Scene 3. 
His eyes like glow-worms shine when he doth fret: 
Venus and Adonis. 
SPIDER. 
Duke . To draw with idle spiders’ strings 
Most ponderous and substantial things : 
Measure for Measure, Act iii. Scene 2. 
1 st Fairy. Weaving spiders, come not here : 
Hence, you long-legg’d spinners, hence : 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act ii. Scene 2. 
Bassanio. Here in her hairs 
The painter plays the spider; and hath woven 
A golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men, 
Merchant of Venice, Act iii. Scene 2. 
Leontes . . . . There may be in the cup 
A spider steep’d, and one may drink, depart, 
And yet partake no venom; 
A Winter’s Tale, Act ii. Scene 1. 
