Living
The Amber Bead.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
I Saw a Flie within a Beade
Of Amber cleanly buried:
The Urne was little, but the room
More rich then Cleopatra's Tombe.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “The Amber Bead.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/826/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “The Amber Bead.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/826/.
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