Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Quinctia, tremulous hips trainèd and artful to wag,
  2. Cymbals and castanets (the wanton arms) to Priapus
  3. Offers and tambourine struck with the hand to self drawn.
  4. Wherefore prays she that aye she please her mob of admirers;
  5. Let one and all stand stiff after the wont of her god.