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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.

[N.D.? 1821.]
[First published, Lord Byron's Works, 1833, xvii. 245.]

BOWLES AND CAMPBELL.

To the air of "How now, Madam Flirt," in the Beggar's Opera.^[1]

Bowles.

"Why, how now, saucy Tom?

⁠If you thus must ramble,

1. [Compare the Beggar's Opera, act ii. sc. 2— {{block center|

   Air, "Good morrow, Gossip Joan."

   "Polly. Why, how now, Madam Flirt?
   ⁠If you thus must chatter,