Meaning of scarabee | Babel Free

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A beetle

archaic

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“From one of the upper buttonholes dangled a thin gold chain, supporting a bunch of small charms against the evil eye, a little coral horn, a tiny silver hunchback, a miniature gilt bell, and two or three coins of gold and silver, besides an Egyptian scarabee in a gold setting.”

“We too, who mock at Israel's golden calf And scoff at Egypt's sacred scarabee, Would have⟳ our amulets to clasp and kiss, And flood⟳ with rapturous tears, and bear⟳ with us To be our dear companions in the dust, Such magic works an image in our souls!”

“From college to the farm-house where I dwelt I took my books, friends who are never cold, With fragile instruments of chemistry, And cabinets of mineral and rock With limestone encrinites; asterias Old as the mountains, or the sea's white lash Wherewith he smites the shoulders of the shore; Tarentula and scarabee I brought, And, too, I brought my diamond microscope Which magnifies a pin's head to a man's, And gives me sights in water and in air The naturalists have⟳ not yet touched upon.”

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