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The schoolhouse being deserted soon fell to decay, and was reported to be haunted by the ghost of the unfortunate pedagogue and the plowboy, loitering homeward of a still summer evening, has often fancied his voice at a distance, chanting a melancholy psalm tune among the tranquil solitudes of Sleepy Hollow. www.feedbooks.com Food for the mind
Das verlassene Schulhaus kam bald in Verfall, und man erzählt sich, daß der Geist des unglücklichen Pädagogen hier umgehe, und der Pflüger, wenn er in stillen Sommerabenden heimschlendert, glaubt oft in einiger Entfernung seine Stimme zu hören, wie er seinen melancholischen Psalm durch die stille Einsamkeit der Schlafhöhle ertönen läßt.
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