Meanwhile my brother, without any care,

Reaps all a father’s comforts. Him they love,

Me they avoid: to him they open all

Their secret counsels; doat on him; and both

Repair to him; while I am quite forsaken.

His life they pray for, but expect my death.

Thus those, brought up by my exceeding labor,

He, at a small expense, has made his own:

The care all mine, and all the pleasure his.

—Well then, let me endeavor in my turn