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STAR GAZERS.

What crowd is this? what have we here! we must not pass it by;A Telescope upon its frame, and pointed to the sky:Long is it as a Barber's Poll, or Mast of little Boat,Some little Pleasure-Skiff, that doth on Thames's waters float.
The Show-man chuses well his place, 'tis Leicester's busy Square;And he's as happy in his night, for the heavens are blue and fair;Calm, though impatient is the Crowd; Each is ready with the fee,And envies him that's looking—what an insight must it be!
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