Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Beneath thy tattered robe and tawny stole;
  2. (Fen as 'tis ever wont); and dread the fight
  3. Of meagre jaws which ope with such a gape--
  4. By hairy nostrils capped and eminent nose--
  5. Thou hadst deemed to see an Epicurean yawn.'
  1. Thou shalt be pedicate (lad!), thou also (lass!) shalt be rogered;
  2. While for the bearded thief is the third penalty kept.
  1. Here' Here! nor dare expect (whoe'er thou be)