illa licet nullo pennarum certet honore, his tamen insultans vocibus usa datur: quamvis innumerus plumas variaverit ordo, mersus humi semper florida terga geris: ast ego deformi sublimis in aera penna proxima sideribus numinibusque feror.
The crane, though unable to rival the other in any glory of plumage, is nevertheless said to have used these words in mockery: Countless may be the array of colours variegating your plumage, yet you, the wearer of that gaudy tail, are for ever kept close to earth. But I soar aloft into the air on my wing for all its ugliness, and am wafted nigh to the stars and heavenly powers.
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