Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Nor Plum though yellower than wax virginal,
  2. Nor Sorb that stayeth slippery stomach-flux.
  3. My branches bear not best of Mulberries,
  4. Or oval Filbert men 'Avellan' clepe,
  5. Or Almond gleaming with a rosy flame.
  6. I greed not Coleworts or fine greens to grow,
  7. Or Beets of bigness by no garden borne,
  8. Or Scallion ever shooting at the head,
  9. Ne'er deem I any for the seed-full Gourd,
  10. Basil or Cucumbers aground bestrown,