Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Nor Apples grafted on Picenian stock,
  2. Nor Pear-fruits worthy such a risk to run,
  3. Nor Plum though yellower than wax virginal,
  4. Nor Sorb that stayeth slippery stomach-flux.
  5. My branches bear not best of Mulberries,
  6. Or oval Filbert men 'Avellan' clepe,