Don Juan 03-060
Canto the Third

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Yet a fine family is a fine thing
     (Provided they don't come in after dinner);
'T is beautiful to see a matron bring
     Her children up (if nursing them don't thin her);
Like cherubs round an altar-piece they cling
     To the fire-side (a sight to touch a sinner).
A lady with her daughters or her nieces
Shines like a guinea and seven-shilling pieces.

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824) 
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