Martial, Lib. I, Epig. I.

'Hic est, quem legis, ille, quern requiris, Tota notus in orbe Martialis,' &c.

He unto whom thou art so partial,
Oh, reader is the wellknown
Martial,
The Epigrammatist: while living,
Give him the fame thou wouldst be giving;
So shall he hear, and feel, and know itPost
obits rarely reach a poet.