Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. We will (Priapus!) gird thy total yard
  2. With the twin garlands to thy favours due.
  1. What be this pother? For what cause suspects
  2. My mind so many thieves will rob my garth,
  3. When all pay forfeit (as on us they light)
  4. Of being diggèd deep to bending loins?
  5. Here be no better Figs than neighbours, figs
  6. Nor Grapes as pluckt by blond-haired Areté,
  7. Nor Apples grafted on Picenian stock,
  8. Nor Pear-fruits worthy such a risk to run,