THE AMBER BEAD.
by Robert Herrick


I SAW a fly within a bead
Of amber cleanly buried ;
The urn was little, but the room
More rich than Cleopatra's tomb.


 
Fly in Amber
Fly in Amber.
From Custom Paleo.

Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 86.


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