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Gaily bedight,
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A gallant knight,
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In sunshine and in shadow,
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Had journeyed long,
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Singing a song,
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In search of Eldorado.
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But he grew old—
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This knight so bold—
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And o’er his heart a shadow—
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Fell as he found
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No spot of ground
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That looked like Eldorado.
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And, as his strength |
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Failed him at length, |
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He met a pilgrim shadow—
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‘Shadow,’ said he,
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‘Where can it be—
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This land of Eldorado?’
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‘Over the Mountains
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Of the Moon,
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Down the Valley of the Shadow,
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Ride, boldly ride,’
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The shade replied,—
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‘If you seek for Eldorado!' |
