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XIX

Rauca sonans ego sum media vocalis in unda,
Sed vox laude vacat, quasi se quoque laudet et ipsa;
Cumque canam semper, nullus mea carmina laudat.

Peck:

Sonorous rings my voice above the tide.
Why should I seek its melody to hide?
And so I sing, though none my song abide.

Ohl:

I give vent to hoarse sounds in the water's midst, but my voice with praise resounds, as if it too were sounding its own praises; and though I am ever singing, no one praises my songs.

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