Priapeia
120 chapters English Public domain
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120 chapters
26 20. Wealth is my loss! Do thou vouchsafe lend aid to my prayer,
27 21. An fro' me woman shall thieve or plunder me man or a man-child,
28 22. Whoso of violets here shall pluck or rose,
29 23. Here has the bailiff, now of this plentiful garden the guardian,
30 24. This staff of office cut from tree as 'tis,
31 25. Hither, Quirites! (here what limit is?)
32 26. Well-known darling of folk in the Circus Maximus far famed,
33 27. Thou, of unrighteous thought, that hardly canst
34 28. Priapus! perish I an words obscene
35 29. Dreadful wi' sickle and dire with thy greater part, O Priapus!
36 30. Hie thee amid these vines whereof an thou gather a grape-bunch
37 31. Long as thy wanton hand to pluck refrain
38 32. A damsel drier than the raisin'd grape,
39 33. Wont the Priapi of old were to have both Naiads and Dryads
40 34. At holy offering to the Lustful GodThief, for first thieving shalt be swived, but an
41 35. Thief, for first thieving shalt be swived, but an
42 36. We all show special notes of bodily shape:
43 37. Why on memorial tablet do they limn
44 38. Simply to thee I say whatever to say shall behove me
45 39. Form-charms in Mercury have might to please
46 40. Yon Telethusa befamed amid the damsels Suburran
47 41. Whoso comes hither shall a bard become
48 42. Bailiff Aristagoras of his grapes high-pedigree'd boasting
49 43. Refrain from deeming all my sayings be
50 44. What shouldest say this spear (although I'm wooden) be wishing
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Priapeia
120 chapters English Public domain
About this book
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Table of contents
120 chapters
26 20. Wealth is my loss! Do thou vouchsafe lend aid to my prayer,
27 21. An fro' me woman shall thieve or plunder me man or a man-child,
28 22. Whoso of violets here shall pluck or rose,
29 23. Here has the bailiff, now of this plentiful garden the guardian,
30 24. This staff of office cut from tree as 'tis,
31 25. Hither, Quirites! (here what limit is?)
32 26. Well-known darling of folk in the Circus Maximus far famed,
33 27. Thou, of unrighteous thought, that hardly canst
34 28. Priapus! perish I an words obscene
35 29. Dreadful wi' sickle and dire with thy greater part, O Priapus!
36 30. Hie thee amid these vines whereof an thou gather a grape-bunch
37 31. Long as thy wanton hand to pluck refrain
38 32. A damsel drier than the raisin'd grape,
39 33. Wont the Priapi of old were to have both Naiads and Dryads
40 34. At holy offering to the Lustful GodThief, for first thieving shalt be swived, but an
41 35. Thief, for first thieving shalt be swived, but an
42 36. We all show special notes of bodily shape:
43 37. Why on memorial tablet do they limn
44 38. Simply to thee I say whatever to say shall behove me
45 39. Form-charms in Mercury have might to please
46 40. Yon Telethusa befamed amid the damsels Suburran
47 41. Whoso comes hither shall a bard become
48 42. Bailiff Aristagoras of his grapes high-pedigree'd boasting
49 43. Refrain from deeming all my sayings be
50 44. What shouldest say this spear (although I'm wooden) be wishing
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Priapeia
120 chapters English Public domain
About this book
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Table of contents
120 chapters
26 20. Wealth is my loss! Do thou vouchsafe lend aid to my prayer,
27 21. An fro' me woman shall thieve or plunder me man or a man-child,
28 22. Whoso of violets here shall pluck or rose,
29 23. Here has the bailiff, now of this plentiful garden the guardian,
30 24. This staff of office cut from tree as 'tis,
31 25. Hither, Quirites! (here what limit is?)
32 26. Well-known darling of folk in the Circus Maximus far famed,
33 27. Thou, of unrighteous thought, that hardly canst
34 28. Priapus! perish I an words obscene
35 29. Dreadful wi' sickle and dire with thy greater part, O Priapus!
36 30. Hie thee amid these vines whereof an thou gather a grape-bunch
37 31. Long as thy wanton hand to pluck refrain
38 32. A damsel drier than the raisin'd grape,
39 33. Wont the Priapi of old were to have both Naiads and Dryads
40 34. At holy offering to the Lustful GodThief, for first thieving shalt be swived, but an
41 35. Thief, for first thieving shalt be swived, but an
42 36. We all show special notes of bodily shape:
43 37. Why on memorial tablet do they limn
44 38. Simply to thee I say whatever to say shall behove me
45 39. Form-charms in Mercury have might to please
46 40. Yon Telethusa befamed amid the damsels Suburran
47 41. Whoso comes hither shall a bard become
48 42. Bailiff Aristagoras of his grapes high-pedigree'd boasting
49 43. Refrain from deeming all my sayings be
50 44. What shouldest say this spear (although I'm wooden) be wishing
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