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!"