Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Caused just complaining to the apple-tree;
  2. Nor me the starling or the robber 'Daw
  3. Or crow as crone old-grown or watery goose
  4. Or thirsty raven e'er endamagèd.
  5. No! but from bearing scribblers' rubbish verse
  6. On labouring branches comes mine every woe.
  1. Sleep, O ye watchdogs! safe, while aid in guarding the garden
  2. Lover his leman beloved, Seirius Erigone.