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  1.                            1849
  2.                          ELDORADO
  3.                    by Edgar Allan Poe
  4.  
  5.                    Gaily bedight,
  6.                    A gallant knight,
  7.                In sunshine and in shadow,
  8.                    Had journeyed long,
  9.                    Singing a song,
  10.                In search of Eldorado.
  11.  
  12.                    But he grew old-
  13.                    This knight so bold-
  14.                And o'er his heart a shadow
  15.                    Fell as he found
  16.                    No spot of ground
  17.                That looked like Eldorado.
  18.  
  19.                    And, as his strength
  20.                    Failed him at length,
  21.                He met a pilgrim shadow-
  22.                    "Shadow," said he,
  23.                    "Where can it be-
  24.                This land of Eldorado?"
  25.  
  26.                    "Over the Mountains
  27.                    Of the Moon,
  28.                Down the Valley of the Shadow,
  29.                    Ride, boldly ride,"
  30.                    The shade replied-
  31.                "If you seek for Eldorado!"
  32.  
  33.  
  34.                          -THE END-
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