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Ride, Boldly Ride... If you seek for El Dorado

By , About.com GuideFebruary 5, 2007

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El Dorado - Edgar Allan PoeEl Dorado is a mythical city of gold. Edgar Allan Poe also wrote about El Dorado in this famous poem.

Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of El Dorado.

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 El Dorado.

And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow-
"Shadow," said he,
"Where can it be-
This land of El Dorado?"

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

Here's an article about an experience with "El Dorado," by Steven Pascal-Joiner.

Cover Art © Random House.

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