Nine nimble noblemen nibbling nonpareils;
Ten tinkers tinkling upon ten tin tinderboxes with ten tenpenny tacks;
Eleven elephants elegantly equipt;
Twelve typographical topographers typically translating types.
CCCXXVI.
[The following lines are sung by children when starting for a race.]
Good horses, bad horses,
What is the time of day?
Three o'clock, four o'clock,
Now fare you away.