at all so.
Lastly, each final _eta_ Greek,
Is long on all days of the week--
To wit-- (for thus we render nempe)
LethE, AnchisE, cetE, TempE.
Those words as long we classify
Which end, like _egotists_, in _i_,
Rememb'ring mihi, tibi, sibi
Are common, so are ubi, ibi;
Nis{i} is always short, and quas{i}'s
Short also, so are certain cases
In i-- Greek vocatives and datives
(At least if we may trust the natives;)
Making their genitives in os,
For instance-- Phyllis, Phyllidos.
(A name oft utter'd with a sigh,)
Whereof the dative ends in {i}.
Words in _l_ ending short are all,
Save nIl for nihil, sAl, and sOl,
And some few Hebrew words t'were well
To cite; as MichaEl, RaphaEl.
Your n's are long, save forsit{a}n
{I}n, tam{e}n, attam{e}n, and {a}n
Veruntam{e}n and fors{a}n, which
Are short as any tailor's stitch;
These, therefore, we except, and then
Contractions "per apocopen"--
As vid{e}n'? m{e}n'? and aud{i}n?-- so in
Ex{i}n' and sub{i}n', de{i}n', pro{i}n'.
_An_, from a nominative in _a_
Ending a word is short, they say,
But every _an_ for long must pass
Derived from nominative in as.
Nouns, too, in en are short whose finis
Doth in the genitive make _inis_.
And so are n's that do delight {i}n
An _i_ and _y_-- Alex{i}n, It{y}n.
Greek words are short I'd have you know,
That end in _on_ with little _o_,
Common are terminating o's,
Cases oblique except from those,
Adverbial adjectives as falsO
Are long,-- take tantO,-- quantO also;
Save mutuo, sedulo, and crebro.
Common as vestment vending Hebrew.
Mod{o} and quomod{o} among
Short o's we rank-- nor to be long.
Nor cit{o}, eg{o}, du{o}; no nor
Amb{o} and Hom{o} ever prone are;
But monosyllables in _o_,
Are counted long. Example-- stO.
And omega, the whole world over,
'S as long as 'tis from here to Dover.
If _r_ should chance a word to wind up,
'Tis short in general, make your mind up;
But fAr, lAr, nAr, and vIr, and fUr
PAr, compAr, impAr, dispAr, cUr,
As long must needs be cited here,
With words from Greek that end in er;
Though 'mong the Latins from this fate are
These two exempted-- pat{e}r, mat{e}r;
Short in the final _er_ we state 'em,
Namely, "auctoritate vatum."
Now, s, the Eton Grammar says,
Ends words in just as many ways
As there are vowels-- five-- as thus
In order, _as_, _es_, _is_, _os_, _us_.