Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. And the Gods' Messenger shows proper feet;
  2. The Guard of Lemnos moves unequal steps;
  3. Ever untrimmed is Aesculapius' beard;
  4. None hath a broader breast than bully Mars;
  5. But, an Priapus' rank 'mid these remain,
  6. There be no better-membered deity.
  1. Why on memorial tablet do they limn
  2. (You ask) the member which begets us all?