In The States

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In The States by Robert Louis Stevenson

 With half a heart I wander here
As from an age gone by
A brother yet— though young in years,
An elder brother, I. 

You speak another tongue than mine,
Though both were English born.
I towards the night of time decline,
You mount into the morn.

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