Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. So for such offices make I pact (if lawful, O Holy)
  2. Thou of this farm shalt bide ever-assiduous guard.
  3. And if a rogue come rob our field or venture to trespass
  4. Him thou may'st--Hush! for I know whatso shall follow thou know'st.