"His cares are eased with intervals of bliss;
His little children climbing for a kiss,
Welcome their father's late return at night;
His faithful bed is crown'd with chaste delight."
Dryden.
(Virgil liked the expression dulces nati. He has
"Nec mihi jam patriam antiquam spes ulla videndi,
Nec dulces natos exoptatumque parentem."
Æn. II. 137.
"Nec dulces natos, Veneris nec præmia nôris?