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Eldorado

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"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied-
"If you seek for Eldorado!" 

 
Edgar Allan Poe
 
 
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!" 


 
To The River


Fair river! in thy bright, clear flow 
Of crystal, wandering water, 
Thou art an emblem of the glow 
Of beauty--the unhidden heart-- 
The playful maziness of art 
In old Alberto's daughter; 

But when within thy wave she looks-- 
Which glistens then, and trembles-- 
Why, then, the prettiest of brooks 
Her worshipper resembles; 
For in his heart, as in thy stream, 
Her image deeply lies-- 
His heart which trembles at the beam 
Of her soul-searching eyes. 

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