Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. And Cupid most formose of all is shown.
  2. Freely of lovely form the lack I own;
  3. Yet is our mentule a resplendent gem;
  4. And this to th'erst-named gods shall aye prefer
  5. The damsel dowered with no fatuous coynte.
  1. Yon Telethusa befamèd amid the damsels Suburran