Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. If unto us thou give whatso thy garden contains.'
  1. Though I be wooden Priapus (as thou see'st),
  2. With wooden sickle and a prickle of wood,
  3. Yet will I seize thee, girl! and hold thee seized
  4. And This, however gross, withouten fraud
  5. Stiffer than lyre-string or than twisted rope
  6. I'll thrust and bury to thy seventh rib.
  1. Oft in my speech one letter is lost; for Predicate always
  2. Pedicate I pronounce. Reason--a trip of the tongue!
  1. Matrons avoid this site, for your chaste breed
  2. 'Twere vile these verses impudique to read.
  3. They still come on and not a doit they heed!
  4. O'ermuch these matrons know and they regard
  5. With willing glances this my vasty yard.