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Each stanza describes marvel-like animals, wagons, soldiers, horses, a harmless wooden sword, and other wonders that behave in surprising ways. 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This lion with wide open jaws, Enough to affright one, and yet I've no doubt,  \nYou might venture to play with his claws.  \n\"Here's a tiger as tame as a lap dog, you'll find, And a fox that will not steal the geese:  \nSo here you must own the old adage is proved, That wonders are never to cease.  \nFree Educational Materials Online [www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com](www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com)  \n\"Here's wagon well laden, and here is a dray, With horses and harness complete;  \nYou can drive them in parlor and drawing room, too, As easily as in the street.  \n\"Here's a whole file of soldiers, quite ready for fight, And each of them armed with a gun;  \nYou may knock them all down with a feather, and then You may pocket them—every one.  \nFree Educational Materials Online [www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com](www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com)  \n\"Here's a fine stud of horses, which, strange though it  \nsounds, Live neither on corn nor on hay; A gentleman's carriage, and tilbury, too, For which we've no taxes to pay.  \n\"A coachman so plump, and a footman so tall, Who cost not a penny for food;  \nFor to tell you the truth, all their insides are filled With a permanent dinner of wood.  \nFree Educational Materials Online [www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com](www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com)  \n\"Examine this sword, with its handle and sheath, And its blade made of innocent wood;  \n'Twere well if all swords were as harmless as this, And as equally guiltless of blood.  \n\"Here's a mill that will go without water or wind, A wonder, you cannot deny;  \nI really can't say whether it will grind corn, But it will be easy to try.  \nFree Educational Materials Online [www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com](www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com)  \n\"That iron-gray rocking-horse, close at your side, With saddle and bridle complete,  \nWill go without whipping, and, equally strange, Without making use of his feet:  \n\"Yet, stranger than that—whatsoever his pace, Whether canter, or gallop, or trot, Though moving at ten miles an hour—he ne'er Advances one inch from the spot.  \nFree Educational Materials Online [www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com](www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com)  \n\"A full set of bricks is enclosed in this box,(With the mortar we well may dispense),  \nBut with these you may build a magnificent house, Without e'en a farthing's expense.  \n\"With these you may raise up a Royal Exchange, In less than five minutes, and then  \nKnock it down, and build up a new Parliament House, In another five minutes,—or ten.  \nFree Educational Materials Online [www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com](www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com)  \n\"A doll's pretty kitchen, stands next on the shelf, With grate, pans, and kettle, and pot;  \nWith dish and tureen, and all crockery-ware, Knives and forks, and I cannot tell what;  \n\"They would not quite do for a great city feast, But I think I may venture to say  \nA minnow or tittlebat there might be cooked, As a rarity.\"  \nFree Educational Materials Online [www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com](www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com)","cbCaivULR8OY0lT7","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivULR8OY0lT7","pdf",563582,"English","# Toy Man’s Address\n## Wonders of Toys and Play","[{\"question\":\"What role does the toy man play in the poem?\",\"answer\":\"The toy man speaks directly to children, offering toys and marvels in abundance and presenting them as astonishing wonders.\"},{\"question\":\"What types of toy wonders are described?\",\"answer\":\"The poem describes animals, wagons and horses, soldier figures, a sword made of harmless wood, a water-/wind-free mill, a rocking-horse with unusual movement, and building bricks and doll kitchen items.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the poem’s main message for children?\",\"answer\":\"The poem encourages children to enjoy imaginative play and marvel at how wonders seem never to cease through humorous, exaggerated toy behavior.\"}]","A Victorian Poem for Children - A Toy Man’s Wonders | PDF",1792387909,14]