ELDORADO
by: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
- aily 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!"
MORE
POEMS BY EDGAR ALLAN POE |
|