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- George Herbert

The harbingers are come. See, see their mark;

White is their colour, and behold my head.

But must they have my brain? must they dispark

Those sparkling notions, which therein were bred?

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Washington Irving

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Washington Irving

1783–1859AmericanRomanticism19th Century

Washington Irving was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, and historian, regarded as the first major American author. He is best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, part of his 1820 collection The Sketch Book.