Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Nor in her tepid lap Pallas concealeth the spear:
  2. Say me, is Phoebus ashamed his gold-tipt arrows to carry?
  3. Or is her quiver wont Dian in secret to bear?
  4. Say, doth Alcides hide his war-club doughtily knotted?
  5. Or hath the God with the wings rod hidden under his robe?