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."