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.