Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Vile thing 'twere to be done, but lest I burst me with straining
  2. Sickle unhanding I mistress must make of my hand.
  1. At holy offering to the Lustful God
  2. Hired was a harlot for a slender price
  3. To meet the common wants of commonweal;
  4. And for as many men one night outworked