Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. A certain person, an thou please (Priapus!),
  2. Plays me, a girl with piles full many piled;
  3. And nor she gives me nor denies her gift,
  4. While for deferring ever finds she cause.
  5. But, if to 'joy her shall our lot befall,
  6. We will (Priapus!) gird thy total yard
  7. With the twin garlands to thy favours due.