Eldorado

Gaily bedight

A gallant knight,

In sunshine and in shadow,

Had journeyed long,

Singing a song,

In search of Eldorado.

Spanish Conquistadors In The Andes 

Craig Mullins

(1964-

American Artist

But he grew old-

The knight so bold-

And o'er his heart a shadow-

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!'

"Eldorado"

(1849)

Edgar Allan Poe

!809-1849)

American poet and writer