Priapeia

Priaepia

by divers poets in English verse and prose. Translated by Sir Richard Burton and Leonard C. Smithers

  1. No more with leafage green for aye to bloom;
  2. Staff by the pathic damsels fondly loved,
  3. Which e'en the kings delight in hand to hold
  4. And oft by noble catamites bekissed--
  5. This staff in robbers' vitals deep shall plunge
  6. Up to its bushy base and bag of balls.