Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. An my want thou shalt grant, eke shall be granted thy want.
  1. Form-charms in Mercury have might to please;
  2. Form in Apollo is conspicuous charm;
  3. Formose in picture is Lyaeus limned
  4. And Cupid most formose of all is shown.
  5. Freely of lovely form the lack I own;
  6. Yet is our mentule a resplendent gem;
  7. And this to th'erst-named gods shall aye prefer