Eight Parts of _Speech_ this Day wear _Mourning Gowns_ Declin'd _Verbs, Pronouns, Participles, Nouns_. And not declined, _Adverbs_ and _Conjunctions_, In _Lillies_ Porch they [f.]tand to do their functions. With _Prepo[f.]ition_; but the mo[f.]t affection Was [f.]till ob[f.]erved in the _Interjection_. The _Sub[f.]tantive_ [f.]eeming the limbed be[f.]t, Would [f.]et a hand to bear him to his Re[f.]t. The _Adjective_ with very grief did [f.]ay, Hold me by [f.]trength, or I [f.]hall faint away. The Clouds of Tears did over-ca[f.]t their faces, Yea all were in mo[f.]t lamentable _Ca[f.]es_. The five _Declen[f.]ions_ did the Work decline, And _Told_ the _Pronoun Tu_, The work is thine: But in this ca[f.]e tho[f.]e have no call to go That want the _Vocative_, and can't [f.]ay O! The _Pronouns_ [f.]aid that if the _Nouns_ were there, There was no need of them, they might them [f.]pare: But for the [f.]ake of _Empha[f.]is_ they would, In their Di[f.]cretion do what ere they could. Great honour was confer'd on _Conjugations_, They were to follow next to the _Relations_. _Amo_ did love him be[f.]t, and _Doceo_ might Alledge he was his Glory and Delight. But _Lego_ [f.]aid by me he got his skill, And therefore next the _Her[f.]e_ I follow will. _Audio_ [f.]aid little, hearing them [f.]o hot, Yet knew by him much Learning he had got.-- O _Verbs_ the _Active_ were, Or _Pa[f.][f]ive_ [f.]ure, _Sum_ to be _Neuter_ could not well endure: But this was common to them all to Moan Their load of grief they could not [f.]oon _Depone_. A doleful Day for _Verbs_, they look [f.]o _moody_, They drove Spectators to a Mournful Study. The _Verbs_ irregular, 'twas thought by [f.]ome, Would break no rule, if they were plea[f.]'d to come. _Gaudeo_ could not be found; fearing di[f.]grace He had with-drawn, [f.]ent _Mæreo_ in his Place. _Po[f.][f]um_ did to the utmo[f.]t he was able, And bore as Stout as if he'd been A _Table_. _Volo_ was willing, _Nolo_ [f.]ome-what [f.]tout, But _Malo_ rather cho[f.]e, not to [f.]tand out. _Po[f.][f]um_ and _Volo_ wi[f.]h'd all might afford Their help, but had not an _Imperative Word_. _Edo_ from Service would by no means Swerve, Rather than fail, he thought the _Cakes_ to Serve. _Fio_ was taken in a fit, and [f.]aid, By him a Mournful P O E M [f.]hould be made. _Fero_ was willing for to bear a part, Altho' he did it with an aking heart. _Feror_ excus'd, with grief he was [f.]o Torn, He could not bear, he needed to be born.