vy C THEMAGPIES NEST A FABLE … XXI WHEN the Arts in their infancy were, In a fable of old tis expressdA wise magpie constructed that rare Little house for young birds, calld a nest. This was talkd of the whole country round; You might hear it on every bough sung, Now no longer upon the rough ground Will fond mothers brood over…
Children's poetry, English
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