The Wonders of a Toy Shop. Unknown

      The Wonders of a Toy Shop

      "Pray, what would you like?" said a Toyman, one day,

      Addressing a group of young folks,

      "I have toys in abundance, and very cheap, too,

      Though not quite so cheap as my jokes.

      "Here's a famous managerie, full of wild beasts;

      See! this lion with wide open jaws,

      Enough to affright one, and yet I've no doubt,

      You might venture to play with his claws.

      "Here's a tiger as tame as a lap-dog, you'll find,

      And a fox that will not steal the geese:

      So here you must own the old adage is proved,

      That wonders are never to cease."

      "Here's wagon well laden, and here is a dray,

      With horses and harness complete;

      You can drive them in parlour and drawing-room, too,