Eldorado 
Edgar Allan 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 ground
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." 

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