Eldorado

Eldorado

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 ground

That looked like Eldorado.

And, as his strenght

Failed him at lenght,

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 ! »

Edgar Allan Poe