Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Formose in picture is Lyaeus limned
  2. And Cupid most formose of all is shown.
  3. Freely of lovely form the lack I own;
  4. Yet is our mentule a resplendent gem;
  5. And this to th'erst-named gods shall aye prefer
  6. The damsel dowered with no fatuous coynte.