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!"