Bells and Other Poems

<div><SPAN name="ELDORADO"></SPAN></div> <div class="fighead"> <ANTIMG src="images/t05.jpg" alt="" /></div> <h2><i>ELDORADO</i></h2> <p class="poem"> <span class="ind2">Gaily bedight,</span><br/> <span class="ind2">A gallant knight.</span><br/> In sunshine and in shadow,<br/> <span class="ind2">Had journeyed long,</span><br/> <span class="ind2">Singing a song,</span><br/> In search of Eldorado.<br/> <br/> <span class="ind2">But he grew old&mdash;</span><br/> <span class="ind2">This knight so bold&mdash;</span><br/> And o'er his heart a shadow<br/> <span class="ind2">Fell as he found</span><br/> <span class="ind2">No spot of ground</span><br/> That looked like Eldorado.<br/> <br/> <span class="ind2">And, as his strength</span><br/> <span class="ind2">Failed him at length,</span><br/> He met a pilgrim shadow&mdash;<br/> <span class="ind2">"Shadow," said he,</span><br/> <span class="ind2">"Where can it be&mdash;</span><br/> This land of Eldorado?"<br/></p> <hr class="r15" /> <div class="plate"> <SPAN name="pl14"></SPAN><SPAN href="images/large/pl14.jpg"><ANTIMG src="images/pl14.jpg" alt="" /></SPAN></div> <p class="caption">Eldorado</p> <hr class="r15" /> <p class="poem"> <span class="ind2">"Over the Mountains</span><br/> <span class="ind2">Of the Moon,</span><br/> Down the Valley of the Shadow,<br/> <span class="ind2">Ride, boldly ride,"</span><br/> <span class="ind2">The shade replied&mdash;</span><br/> "If you seek for Eldorado!"<br/></p> <hr class="r65" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />