Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Direst of dreads I became, my right the robbers restraining,
  2. Eke with a ruddy pole from parts obscenely projected,
  3. While th' importunate fowls affrights a reed on my head-poll
  4. Planted, and hinders their flock from 'lighting in newly made gardens.