Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. This staff of office cut from tree as 'tis,
  2. No more with leafage green for aye to bloom;
  3. Staff by the pathic damsels fondly loved,
  4. Which e'en the kings delight in hand to hold
  5. And oft by noble catamites bekissed--
  6. This staff in robbers' vitals deep shall plunge
  7. Up to its bushy base and bag of balls.