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The legends of our house?—I'll tell you one. There were two brothers who grew up together, As if they had one heart; their tasks, their sports Were shared; at evening side by side they slept, At morning waked together; when they talk'd With all youth's eagerness of future days, They imaged but one plan, for neither knew Their hopes could be divided. Years pass'd on, And never brought they with them less of change. But when the elder came to man's estate, There was too mark'd a difference in their lot: