Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. When all pay forfeit (as on us they light)
  2. Of being diggèd deep to bending loins?
  3. Here be no better Figs than neighbours, figs
  4. Nor Grapes as pluckt by blond-haired Areté,
  5. Nor Apples grafted on Picenian stock,
  6. Nor Pear-fruits worthy such a risk to run,