Eldorado

　　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!"