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~Eldorado by 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 called Eldorado?"
"Over the Mountains of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride," the Shade replied,
"If you seek for Eldorado."
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"Eldorado" was set to music by several 19th-century composers, including the Americans Charles Sanford Skilton, Edgar Stillman Kelley, and the British composer Richard Walthew, and for the London choir by Joseph Harold Hinton. In 1993 Eldorado, along with Hymn and Evening Star, was adapted by Jonathan Adams (composer) as Three Songs from Edgar Allan Poe for SATB chorus and piano. The better-known composer John Adams also composed an Eldorado symphony.en.wikipedia.org/…
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