Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Then whatsoe'er I wrote when idly gay,
  2. And on this Temple-wall for note I lay,
  3. Take in good part--such is the prayer I pray.
  1. Darkly might I to thee say: Oh give me for ever and ever
  2. What thou may'st constantly give while of it nothing be lost:
  3. Give me what vainly thou'lt long to bestow in the days that are coming
  4. When that invidious beard either soft cheek shall invade;
  5. What unto Jove gave he who, borne by the worshipful flyer,