Don Juan 01-025
Canto the First

XXV

A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing,
     And mischief-making monkey from his birth;
His parents ne'er agreed except in doting
     Upon the most unquiet imp on earth;
Instead of quarrelling, had they been but both in
     Their senses, they'd have sent young master forth
To school, or had him soundly whipp'd at home,
To teach him manners for the time to come.

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824) ByronLong