Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. And tender Bacchus owneth virginal form;
  2. Pallas hath grey-blue eyes, Venus a cast;
  3. Th' Arcadian Fauns thou seest bloody-browed
  4. And the Gods' Messenger shows proper feet;
  5. The Guard of Lemnos moves unequal steps;
  6. Ever untrimmed is Aesculapius' beard;