Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Than which bigger of bulk never a prickle was seen.
  2. Usefuller Tydeus was albeit (an trust we to Homer)
  3. In his diminutive frame dwelt a pugnacious soul.
  4. Yet from this strangeness and shame could nothing ever avail us
  5. And such damage I deem better it were to repel.
  1. While there is life 'tis fitting to hope, O rustical guardian!
  2. Here be thou present and thou aid us, Priapus stiff-nerved.