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!"