Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Squatter than Pygmey fearful of the crane;
  2. Harsher and hairier than pelt of bear;
  3. Looser than Median or than Indian hose;
  4. Remain as please thee or at will depart.
  5. For, though full ready seem I, yet I want
  6. Of rockets half-score bundles at the least,