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THE GHOSTS WERE DRIVEN OUT OP SLEEPY HOLLOW. From sixteen
ninety-seven, or so, Until some twenty years ago, The ghosts and
elves of fairy land, And every sort of wizard band, Were free to
go, and come, and follow Their natural bent in Sleepy Hollow. In
truth 't is said they claimed the soil Our fathers earned by honest
toil, ? A poor return for all the grace Those good men showed the
fickle race, Who 'd given them a passage free From Faderland across
the sea, And deeded them an equal share Of bed and board, and land
and air. The petted rascals proved themselves The meanest sort of
faithless elves; Of equal rights the secret haters, And selfish as
secession traitors. From bad to worse, they soon became Incapable
of sense or shame, And from their benefactors stole The other half,
and claimed the whole. Some petted children do this thing, And
favorites of too mild a king; They bring indulgent fathers down,
And drive the monarch from his crown, With vain regrets and
puckered faces, For nimbler folk to take their places. Or some sly
vice, like serpent old, Which should be left out in the cold, If
ta'en in-doors, to crawl about, Will soon drive every good thing
out. But that the fairy, wraith, and ghost Should thus usurp to
rule the roast, When they had half in equal share With our
forefathers, was not fair They chuckled with an inward laugh When
the honest Dutchman gave them half, For with one half at their
control Such folk are sure to get the whole. When fairies laugh
within their sleeves It seems to human ears the breeze That sighs
or sings among the trees. And sigh or sing do fairy elves From
moods and feelings in ourselves: ? As we ourselves are sad or gay,
The fairies' songs are tuned alway; For human hearts are
fiddle-strings On which some...
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