TOY-LAND.

AND how do you get to Toy-land?

To all little people the joy-land.

Just follow your nose,

And go on tip-toes:

It's only a minute to Toy-land.

And oh! but it's gay in Toy-land,--

This bright, merry girl-and-boy-land;

And woolly dogs white

That never will bite

You'll meet on the highways in Toy-land.

Society's fine in Toy-land;

The dollies all think it a joy-land;

And folks in the ark

Stay out after dark;

And tin soldiers regulate Toy-land.

There's fun all the year in Toy-land:

To sorrow 'twas ever a coy-land;

And steamboats are run,

And steam-cars, for fun:

They're wound up with keys down in Toy-land.

Bold jumping-jacks thrive in Toy-land;

Fine castles adorn this joy-land;

And bright are the dreams,

And sunny the beams,

That gladden the faces in Toy-land.

How long do we live in Toy-land?--

This bright, merry girl-and-boy-land;

A few days, at best,

We stay as a guest,

Then good-by forever to Toy-land!

The Nursery, August 1881, Vol. XXX A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers · 第 17 / 39 题