Though nĕc and donĕc every bard
Hath written short as Hanway yard,
Fac, hic, and hoc are common, though
Th’ ablative hōc 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.