. The legend of Sleepy Hollow, and other selections from the Sketch book . t which springs up inhis native place. It is there that he seeks to be gathered inpeace and honor, among his kindred and his early when the weary heart and failing head begin to warnhim that the evening of life is drawing on, he turns as fondlyas does the infant .0 the mothers arms, to sink to sleep inthe bosom of the scene of his childhood. How would it have cheei d the spirit of the youthful bard,when, wandering forth in disgrace upon a doubtful world,he cast back a heavy look upon his paternal home, could
. The legend of Sleepy Hollow, and other selections from the Sketch book . t which springs up inhis native place. It is there that he seeks to be gathered inpeace and honor, among his kindred and his early when the weary heart and failing head begin to warnhim that the evening of life is drawing on, he turns as fondlyas does the infant .0 the mothers arms, to sink to sleep inthe bosom of the scene of his childhood. How would it have cheei d the spirit of the youthful bard,when, wandering forth in disgrace upon a doubtful world,he cast back a heavy look upon his paternal home, could hehave foreseen that, before many years, he should return to itcovered with renown; that his name should become the boastand glory of his native place; that his ashes should be relig-iously guarded as its most precious treasure; and that its les-sening spire, on which his eyes were fixed in tearful contem-plation, should one day become the beacon, towering amidstthe gentle landscape, to guide the literary pilgrim of every na-tion to his tombl One copy del. to Cat.
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