NERDEE BIRDEE

Eldorado
BY EDGAR ALLAN POE

GAILY(brightly, cheerfully, or showily) bedight(old-fashioned word meaning to dress, equip, or adorn),
  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!"