Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. By th' Apollinean hand shafts (they assure us) are shot;
  2. Hercules' right is armed with the club that cannot be conquer'd;
  3. But a distended yard makes me an object of awe.
  1. Wealth is my loss! Do thou vouchsafe lend aid to my prayer,