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85. Neither Of Garden Nor Of Blessed Vine

85

To Priapus

By Marcus Valerius Martialis

Non horti neque palmitis beati

sed rari nemoris, Priape, custos,

ex quo natus es et potes renasci,

furaces, moneo, manus repellas

et siluam domini focis reserues:

si defecerit haec, et ipse lignum es.

Neither of garden nor of blessd vine

But of a little holt (Priapus!) guard,

Wherein wast born and may'st be born again;

I warn thee plundering hand alway repel

And keep the fuel for thy master's fire--

An this be wanting, mind! of wood thou art.

Priapus, guardian not of a garden nor of the sacred vine but of the little grove from which thou wert born and mayst again be born. I warn thee drive off thievish hands and preserve the wood for thy master's hearth. If this be wanting, remember thou too art wooden.
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