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HIS Book, perhaps, may soon its way explore, And find a welcome, on each hore; Perhaps thro' may, in time, be spread, Or by the tawny be read:

Its novelty may strike, perhaps it may, In time, reach, , or ; At either, may, perhaps, be found, Or at seen, or.

Ev’n and, here may deign to look, Or smiles of grace the book: My and  rare, The whole design, perhaps, may scan with care; And whilst each trophied emblem they peruse, May feel half tempted to forgive the Muse, Nay, Foreign, when they this look o'er, To view this, may quit their Native Shore; And when 'The Toy Shop of the World' they see, May own (O! vain surmise) 'twas all thro' me!

In regions yet unknown, or lands remote, The Natives, thus, may hear of 's spot; And whilst, with wonder, they each print survey, Some information of the Arts convey;