Hic est, quem legis, ille, quem requiris,
Toto notus in orbe Martialis, etc.

H E , unto whom thou art so partial,
Oh, reader! is the well-known Martial,
The Epigrammatist: while living,
Give him the fame thou wouldst be giving;
So shall he hear, and feel, and know it —
Post-obits rarely reach a poet.