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  5. Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, of straws,...

Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, of straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.

Alexander Pope
Hair, Devil, Amber
'An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot' (1735) l. 169
Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, of straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.