Note 168:3 — FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS. (continued 3)
Reading edition
The bee enclosed and through the amber shown, Seems buried in the juice which was his own. Martial: book iv. 32, vi. 15 (Hay's translation).
I saw a flie within a beade Of amber cleanly buried. Herrick: On a Fly buried in Amber.
Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms. Pope: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, line 169.