Nieces, whose dowries knew no hitch—

Aunts, as certain of dying rich

As candles in golden sockets—

Cousins German and Cousins' sons,

All thriving and opulent—some had tons

Of Kentish hops in their pockets!

XLIII.

For money had stuck to the race through life

(As it did to the bushel when cash so rife

Posed Ali Baba's brother's wife)—