Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Come to my garth; or sessile Lettuces;
  2. Or that one nightly lustful Rockets rob,
  3. The Mint strong-smelling and the healthful Rue,
  4. The fibrous Garlic and the Onion sharp--
  5. Which all though safely fenced and hedged by us
  6. Not less are cultured in the neighbouring garths.
  7. Yet, these abandoning, to what grounds I worked
  8. (Most villainous of thieves!), you're fain to flock.
  9. Doubtless for open penalty ye come
  10. And that attracts you wherewithal we threat.
  1. Ho thou, which hardly thy rapacious hand
  2. Canst from the garden in my charge contain,