Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Form-charms in Mercury have might to please;
  2. Form in Apollo is conspicuous charm;
  3. Formose in picture is Lyaeus limned
  4. And Cupid most formose of all is shown.
  5. Freely of lovely form the lack I own;
  6. Yet is our mentule a resplendent gem;
  7. And this to th'erst-named gods shall aye prefer
  8. The damsel dowered with no fatuous coynte.