Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. And prayed--'Priapus, an thou heal the part,
  2. O Sire, whose very counterpart thou seem'st
  3. And without hacking make it whole again,
  4. One linmed on tablet shall to thee be given
  5. Like-sized, like-coloured and alike of shape.'
  6. The God to promise deigning wagged his yard,