O THOU whom Poetry abhors, <br />Whom Prose has turnèd out of doors, <br />Heard'st thou yon groan?—proceed no further, <br />'Twas laurel'd Martial calling murther.<br /><br />Robert Burns<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-elphinstone-s-translation-of-martial-s-epigrams/
