Classic Poem

T ORQUATUS acquired a mansion near town;
Otacilius at once bought a plot for his own.
Torquatus built baths that with marble shine bright;
Otacilius set up a bath-pot that night.
Torquatus laid out laurel-groves for his ease;
Otacilius planted a hundred nut-trees.
When Torquatus was consul, the other became
A town mayor, and thought that the posts were the same.
Like the frog in the fable who puffed till he burst,
Otacilius won't let Torquatus be first.