Eldorado

[Written for The Flag of our Union.]

Eldorado.
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BY EDGAR A. POE.
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      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!'

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