Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. But, an thy will be not to murther the herd, O Priapus,
  2. Grant of thy grace yon gate into the garden be shut.
  1. Thou, who lest manly mark thy glances meet,
  2. Hence fain avertest thee as suits the pure;
  3. No wonder 'twere if that to see thou fear'st
  4. Within thy vitals thou desire to feel.
  1. PEnelope's first syllable followed by firstling of DIdo