The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe/Volume 2/Eldorado

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ELDORADO.

 

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Gaily bedight,  A gallant knight, Is 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!"