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!'

~ Edgar Allan Poe

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