Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Or Scallion ever shooting at the head,
  2. Ne'er deem I any for the seed-full Gourd,
  3. Basil or Cucumbers aground bestrown,
  4. Come to my garth; or sessile Lettuces;
  5. Or that one nightly lustful Rockets rob,
  6. The Mint strong-smelling and the healthful Rue,
  7. The fibrous Garlic and the Onion sharp--
  8. Which all though safely fenced and hedged by us
  9. Not less are cultured in the neighbouring garths.
  10. Yet, these abandoning, to what grounds I worked