eed not cite exceptions small.
Look in your Gradus and you'll find them all.

Consult also the Eton Grammar, and works of the poets, passim, as well
for exceptions to the above as to the two following rules:

1. Words that double the first syllable of the preterperfect tense have
the first syllable short-- as c{e}c{i}dI from c{a}d{o}, &c.

Fortis Higinbottom c{e}cidit terramque m{o}mordit:

Brave Higinbottom fell and bit the ground.

2. A supine of two syllables has the first syllable long--

As vIsum lAtum lOtum mOtum:

And many more if we could quote 'em.

OF THE QUANTITY OF THE LAST SYLLABLE.

We have had a poetical fit gradually growing upon us for some time--
'tis of no use to resist-- so here goes--

Oh! Muse, thine aid afford to me,
Inspire my Ideality;
Thou who, benign, in days of yore,
Didst heavenly inspiration pour
On him, who luckily for us
Sang Propria Quae Maribus;
Teach me to sound on quiv'ring lyre,
Prosodial strains in notes of fire;
Words' ends shall be my theme sublime,
Now first descanted on in rhyme.
Come, little boys, attention lend,
All words are long in a that end:
(In proof of which I'll bet a quart,)
Excepting those which must be short--
As put{a}, it{a}, poste{a}, qui{a},
Ej{a}, and every case in i{a};
Or _a_, save such as we must class
With Grecian vocatives in as,
And ablatives of first declension--
Besides the aforesaid, we may mention
Nouns numeral that end in ginta,
Which common, as a bit of flint are.
Some terminate in _b_, _d_, _t_;
All these are short; but those in _c_
Form toes-- I mean, form ends of feet
As long-- as long as Oxford Street.
Though n{e}c and don{e}c every bard
Hath written short as Hanway yard,
Fac, hic, and hoc are common, though
Th' ablative hOc is long you know.
Now "_e_ finita" short are reckon'd,
Like to a jiffey or a second,
Though we must call the _Gradus_ wrong,
Or these, of fifth declension, long.
As also particles that come
In mode derivative therefrom.
Long second persons singular
Of second conjugation are,
And monosyllables in _e_.
Take, for example, mE, tE, sE,
Then, too, adverbial adjectives
Are long as rich old women's lives--
If from the second declination
Of adjectives they've derivation:
PulchrE and doctE, are the kind
Of adverbs that I have in mind.
FermE is long, and ferE also--
Ben{e}, and mal{e}, not