ago laboriosum, agis ipse felicem; ago adhuc exulem, agis ipse iam civem: et ob hoc inaequalia cano, quia similia posco et paria non impetro.
The parts we play are different; I am afflicted, you fortunate, I still an exile, you are now a citizen; and the reason why my verses are not on an equality with yours is just this'that I claim similar privileges but do not get the same treatment.
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