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A FABLE	A
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When the arts in their infancy were	B
In a fable of old 'tis exprest	C
A wise magpie constructed that rare	D
Little house for young birds called a nest	C
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This was talked of the whole country round	C
You might hear it on every bough sung	E
'Now no longer upon the rough ground	C
Will fond mothers brood over their young	E
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'For the magpie with exquisite skill	F
Has invented a moss covered cell	G
Within which a whole family will	F
In the utmost security dwell '	-
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To her mate did each female bird say	H
'Let us fly to the magpie my dear	I
If she will but teach us the way	H
A nest we will build us up here	J
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'It's a thing that's close arched over head	C
With a hole made to creep out and in	K
We my bird might make just such a bed	C
If we only knew how to begin '	-
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To the magpie soon every bird went	C
And in modest terms made their request	C
That she would be pleased to consent	C
To teach them to build up a nest	C
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She replied 'I will show you the way	H
So observe every thing that I do	C
First two sticks cross each other I lay'	F
'To be sure ' said the crow 'why I knew	C
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'It must be begun with two sticks	L
And I thought that they cross d should be '	-
Said the pie 'Then some straw and moss mix	L
In the way you now see done by me '	-
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'O yes certainly ' said the jackdaw	C
'That must follow of course I have thought	C
Though I never before building saw	M
I guessed that without being taught '	-
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'More moss straw and feathers I place	N
In this manner ' continued the pie	O
'Yes no doubt madam that is the case	N
Though no builder myself even I '	-
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Said the starling 'conjectured 'twas so	P
It must of necessity follow	P
For more moss straw and feathers I know	P
It requires to be soft round and hollow '	-
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Whatever she taught them beside	C
In his turn every bird of them said	C
Though the nest making art he ne'er tried	C
He had just such a thought in his head	C
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Still the pie went on showing her art	C
Till a nest she had built up half way	H
She no more of her skill would impart	C
But in anger went fluttering away	H
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And this speech in their hearing she made	C
As she perched o'er their heads on a tree	Q
'If ye all were well skilled in my trade	C
Pray why came ye to learn it of me '	-
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When a scholar is willing to learn	R
He with silent submission should hear	J
Too late they their folly discern	R
The effect to this day does appear	I
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For whenever a pie's nest you see	Q
Her charming warm canopy view	C
All birds' nests but hers seem to be	Q
A magpie's nest just cut in two	C

Charles Lamb

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