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 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!'

-Poe