AMBER

1. We see spiders, flies, or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber, a more than royal tomb.—BACON, Historia Vitae et Mortis

2. The bee enclosed and through the amber shown,
   Seems buried in the juice which was his own.—MARTIAL, Epigrams

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