Priapeia

Priaepia

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

  1. Dread this (O evil one!) whoe'er thou be!
  2. For an thou injure with thy greedy hand
  3. The least of bunches by this vine-stock borne
  4. Shall spring (howe'er thou may oppose) for thee
  5. A fig-tree grafted from this cypress-stem.
  1. A robber famed for greed exceeding wonder