Readers of Punch were perplexed to find a classical verse in its pages:

It’s faux Greek; the author had simply replaced Latin letters with Greek ones:

To the Leading Periodical

This compliment, great sir, o take,
You’re a brick and no mistake.
Enemy to cant and fudge,
Time to thee I ne’er begrudge.
And I hope to see your name
Foremost in the lists of fame.

— Tom Smith, Grub Street