Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  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.