Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Form in Apollo is conspicuous charm;
  2. Formose in picture is Lyaeus limned
  3. And Cupid most formose of all is shown.
  4. Freely of lovely form the lack I own;
  5. Yet is our mentule a resplendent gem;
  6. And this to th'erst-named gods shall aye prefer
  7. The damsel dowered with no fatuous coynte.
  1. Yon Telethusa befamèd amid the damsels Suburran
  2. (Who by her gains I hold freedwoman now is become)
  3. Girds with a gilded crown, O Holy! thine inguinal organ,
  4. Held by the pathic girls like in degree to a god.
  1. Whoso comes hither shall a bard become