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.[121]
BOWLES.
"Why, how now, saucy Tom?
If you thus must ramble,
I will publish some
Remarks on Mister Campbell.
Saucy Tom!"
CAMPBELL.
"Why, how now, Billy Bowles?
Sure the priest is maudlin!
(To the public) How can you, d—n your souls!
Listen to his twaddling?
Billy Bowles!"