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"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,