Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Wont with vine-tendrils sacred sconce to wreathe
  2. And seat thee ruddy with thy ruddled yard?
  3. But, O Triphallus, oft with freshest flowers
  4. Artlessly garlanded thy brow we crowned
  5. And with loud shouting often drove from thee
  6. What agèd Raven or what agile 'Daw