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!"