Priapeia
Priaepia
by divers poets in English verse and prose. Translated by Sir Richard Burton and Leonard C. Smithers
- To 'scape the Lecher God's fane venerand;
- And, if a damsel lay the night with thee,
- From this my presence fear not to be bann'd
- Fen as the sterner Gods of Heaven command.
- The Ne'er-do-wells and paltry gods are we
- Of rural worship and 'spite modesty
- Aye under Jove with balls a-bare we stand:
- Then enter whoso hither entry seek