Priapeia
Priaepia
by divers poets in English verse and prose. Translated by Sir Richard Burton and Leonard C. Smithers
- Of vergers diligent guard (Priapus!), threat
- These robbing loons with thy red amulet.
- Not to be moved am I; shouldst thou, Thief, venture on thieving
- These big apples, to thee pommes de bragues I will give.
- Why, O ye pathic girls, with sidelong oglings observe me?
- Never this mentule of mine riseth erect from my groin.
- Yet though lifeless now and a pole to no one of service,
- Build me an altar and it shall be of service to all.