Martial, Lib. I. Epig. I

"Hic est, quem legis, ille, quem requiris,

Toto notus in orbe Martialis," etc.

HE, unto whom thou art so partial,

Oh, reader! is the well-known Martial,

The Epigrammatist: while living,

Give him the fame thou would'st be giving;

So shall he hear, and feel, and know it--

Post-obits rarely reach a poet.