Read full poem →The boy that stands and kills the black nosed bee
Dares down as soon as magpies' nests are found,
And wonders when he climbs the highest tree
Dictionary Entry
One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae
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Common Phrases
. magpiesmagpies twomagpies billed
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Poetry examples for “magpies”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →When, trembling, weak, she gains her cottage low,
Where magpies scatter notes of presage wide,
Some one shall tell, while tears in torrents flow,