Though ’mong the Latins from this fate are
These two exempted—patĕr, matĕr;
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.
As, in a general way appears
Long unto all but asses’ ears,