OF THE GENDERS OF NOUNS,
Commonly known by the name of
“Propria Quæ Maribus.”
As the “Propria Quæ Maribus” is no joke, and the “As in Præsenti” is too much of a joke, we must do with them as we did with the verbs. Singing a song is always esteemed a valid substitute for telling a story; and the indulgence which we would have extended to us in this respect, is that universally granted to civilized society.
Let the “Propria Quæ Maribus” be turned into a series of exercises, thus, or in like manner—
Air.—“Here ’s to the maiden of bashful fifteen.”
All names of the male kind you masculine call,
Ut sunt (for example), Divorum,
Mars, Bacchus, Apollo, the deities all,