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O Tappan Zee, with peaceful hills,
And slumbrous sky, and drowsy air,
Thy calm and restful spirit stills
The heart weighed down with weary care!
Pocantico's hushed waters glide
Through Sleepy Hollow's haunted ground,
And whisper to the listening tide
The name carved o'er one lowly mound.
Fair mansions rise on every hill,
With turrets crowned and stately towers,
Which men can buy and sell at will,
But old Van Tassel's home is ours:
A quiet, cozy little nest,
Enshrined and loved for evermore;
Where Geoffrey Crayon came to rest,
When all his wanderings were o'er.
Thrice blest and happy Tappan Zee,
Whose banks along thy glistening tide
Have legend, truth, and poetry
Sweetly expressed in Sunnyside!
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