THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW.
(FOUND AMONG tE DIEDRICh KNICKERBOCKER.)
<span style="color:grey">Of dreams t eye,
<span style="color:grey">And of gay castles in t pays,
Castle of Indolence IN t tern s t broad expansion of ted by t Dutcors tappan Zee, and ection of St. Nic-to oold, in former days by t country from terate propensity of to linger about tavern on market days. Be t as it may, I do not vouc, but merely advert to it for tic. Not far from t ttle valley, or ratest places in t, murmur enougo lull one to repose, and tle of a quail or tapping of a t ever breaks in upon tranquillity.
I recollect t exploit in squirrel-sing all trees t so it at noontime, , and artled by t broke tillness around and ed by treat eal from ts distractions and dream quietly a of a troubled life, I knotle valley.
From tless repose of ter of its inants, ctlers, tered glen s rustic lads are called t all try. A droo o pervade tmosp tcor during ttlement; ot an old Indian c or er ain it is, till continues under tc o inual reverie. to all kinds of marvellous beliefs, are subject to trances and visions, and frequently see strange sigales, ed spots, and tions; stars s and meteors glare oftener across t of try, and tmare, o make it te scene of her gambols.
t spirit, s ted region, and seems to be commander-in-cion of a ?gure on a is said by some to be t of a rooper ionary ar, and s are not con?ned to t extend at times to t roads, and especially to ty