Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Here then, O lads, reftain from ill-mannered picking and stealing;
  2. Rich be the neighbour-hind and negligent eke his Priapus;
  3. Take what be his: this path hence leadeth straight to his ownings.
  1. This grove to thee devote I give, Priapus!
  2. Whose home be Lampsacus and holt, Priapus!