Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. First shall this watchman, ever lustful loon,
  2. Entering and exiting alternate-wise
  3. Widen thy portal to its fullest stretch
  4. Then shall the couple guarding either flank,
  5. Grandly provided with those pensile parts,
  6. After they've sorely pierced thee prostrate thrown