Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Bearded kid and anon some horny-hoofed nanny shall sprinkle.
  2. Wherefore Priapus is bound to requite such honours by service,
  3. Doing his duty to guard both vineyard and garth of his lordling.
  4. Here then, O lads, reftain from ill-mannered picking and stealing;