[text by 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!»