Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Nor Sorb that stayeth slippery stomach-flux.
  2. My branches bear not best of Mulberries,
  3. Or oval Filbert men 'Avellan' clepe,
  4. Or Almond gleaming with a rosy flame.
  5. I greed not Coleworts or fine greens to grow,
  6. Or Beets of bigness by no garden borne,
  7. Or Scallion ever shooting at the head,
  8. Ne'er deem I any for the seed-full Gourd,
  9. Basil or Cucumbers aground bestrown,
  10. Come to my garth; or sessile Lettuces;