Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Not less are cultured in the neighbouring garths.
  2. Yet, these abandoning, to what grounds I worked
  3. (Most villainous of thieves!), you're fain to flock.
  4. Doubtless for open penalty ye come
  5. And that attracts you wherewithal we threat.
  1. Ho thou, which hardly thy rapacious hand
  2. Canst from the garden in my charge contain,
  3. First shall this watchman, ever lustful loon,
  4. Entering and exiting alternate-wise
  5. Widen thy portal to its fullest stretch