The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Tales by Washington Irving

Author:Washington Irving
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of Sleepy Hollow... A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere.Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, both of which appear in his book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Tales (ISBN: 9781909904385)Charles Dickens, Christmas, ghosts, human nature, Victorian, education, social class, social order, historical, English classic, World classic
Publisher: Fractal Press
Published: 2013-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

WESTMINSTER ABBEY

When I behold, with deep astonishment,

To famous Westminster how there resorte,

Living in brasse or stoney monument,

The princes and the worthies of all sorte;

Doe not I see reformde nobilitie,

Without contempt, or pride, or ostentation,

And looke upon offenselesse majesty,

Naked of pomp or earthly domination?

And how a play-game of a painted stone

Contents the quiet now and silent sprites,

Whome all the world which late they stood upon

Could not content nor quench their appetites.

Life is a frost of cold felicitie,

And death the thaw of all our vanitie.

CHRISTOLERO’S EPIGRAMS, BY T. B. 1598.

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