Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Accursèd Penis! Oh, by whom my pains
  2. Shall with sore righteous penalty be paid?
  3. Howe'er thou 'plain, no more shall tender boy
  4. Ope to thy bidding, nor on groaning bed
  5. His mobile buttocks writhe with aiding art:
  6. Nor shall the wanton damsel's legier hand