Eldorado
Edgar Allen Poe
Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow
Had
journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.
But he grew old-
This knight so bold-
And o'er his heart a
shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of groung
That looked like Eldorado.
And,
as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow-
"Shadow," said
he,
"Where can it be-
This land of Eldorado?"
"Over the Mountains
Of the
Moon,
Down the valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied-
"If
you seek for Eldorado!"