Nine grenadiers, with bayonets in their guns; <br />Nine bakers' baskets, with hot cross buns; <br />Nine brown elephants standing in a row; <br />Nine new velocipedes, good ones to go; <br />Nine knickerbocker suits, with buttons all complete; <br />Nine pairs of skates with straps for the feet; <br />Nine clever conjurors eating hot coals; <br />Nine sturdy mountaineers leaping on their poles; <br />Nine little drummer-boys beating on their drums; <br />Nine fat aldermen sitting on their thumbs; <br />Nine new knockers to our front door; <br />Nine new neighbours that I never saw before; <br />Nine times running I dreamt it all plain; <br />With bread and cheese for supper I could dream it all again!<br /><br />William Brighty Rands<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-dream-of-a-boy-who-lived-at-nine-elms/
